Luppi was sitting the corner with a dead look in his eyes. "How could this have happened to me? Where did I go wrong in my life?" His eyes went down to a ripped-up picture of Oichi. "Oh yeah…when you came into my life." He grabbed the picture and glared it. "It's your fault. I will never forgive you Oichi. You have stolen everything from me, and I'll make sure you pay for it with your life." He starts to rip the picture up. "I'll bring your head to Aizen and he will have no choice but to give my life back!" He cracked a wicked smiled until he heard something crash downstairs. He got up and grabbed a knife. 'I've been founded?' He narrowed his eyes. 'Who dares try to capture me, or it must be that lard ass making noises. He has been asleep for a week now.'
Downstairs, Danni walked in through the door and closed it. "Auntie." She heard through her earpiece. "He's on alert on the second floor. Last door on the left." "Copy that…" Danni says walking to the stairs. She presses up against the wall and held her blade tightly. She took a deep breath and took light, slow steps up the stairs. The house was still, and her movements were silent like an assassin. No noise was made as she made her way up the stairs. When she reached the top, she slides down and peaks around the corner. All the doors were closed. Just as she was about to make a move a door open and a large man walked out yawning. Her eyes widen. 'That man…what the hell is he doing here.' She held her knife up as he walked to the door. He bangs on it. "Hey Luppi! I'm about to leave!"
The door opened and Luppi walked out with a frown. "You idiot Yammy! Stop making so much damn noise!" Yammy rolled his eyes. "Last time I check I found this little hide out for ya so I can do whatever the hell I want. In fact, if I wanted to go downstairs and cause chaos I will. Now where is my money. I'm going to the bar tonight." Luppi sighs. "Your money will be wired as always stupid. Hurry and get out." He slammed the door in Yammy's face. A deep, low growl was heard. "Careful Luppi. You might have gotten a few screws loose in your head, but I can still crush you like a damn egg."
Outside the house, Terry had a sweat drop rolling down his cheeks. 'This is bad…we scouted this area for almost a week and we never notice Yammy!' He grits his teeth. He knew Danni could take care of herself, but things can always take a turn for the worst if Yammy is here. He switched over to his second earpiece. "All units, be prepare to move in…" He looks through his scopes and switch back to Danni's earpiece. "Auntie…careful. Bring him outside if you can."
Inside, Danni was low to the ground on the stairs. Yammy was all power so it should be easy to get him outside but not many can match his strength when he gets serious. 'If I wound him and slow him down just a bit that should be enough to capture him…' She heard heavy footsteps coming her way. "I don't know what the hell Aizen sees in you. He should have already had you killed off…" Yammy said, now in a bad mood. "Grimmjow, Ulquiorra, Harribel, Nnoitra, Starrk…nothing but wimps who cut tail when things got to hard. They called me the dumbest but if they learned their place then we wouldn't be in this mess. Blaming one stupid girl isn't going to change anything." He reached the stairs and glared at the end wall. "Even if you take that girls head, we lost more then half of our crew. What difference would that make. Ughh everyone is so stupid. Maybe I should be in charge. Then I'll be the one…" He glanced down to see Danni glaring up at him.
They both stared at each other as seconds go by. It finally dawned on Yammy who she was. "Yo-…" Danni quickly grabbed Yammy's ankles and pushed them back, forcing him to fall forward over her and down the stairs. "Ahhh!" He yelled as he fell down the stairs. Danni pressed up against the wall as Luppi's door opened up. "OKAY you big ass! You made your point!" He slammed the door closed. Danni rolled her eyes and looked down the stairs. Yammy had rolled down and slammed over the couch.
Danni walks down the stair. "Yammy Liargo… What the hell is your lard ass doing here." She asked with a dark look in her eyes. Yammy groans out and sits up and smirks. "Danni. So nice to see you a beauty like yourself. Have you finally decided to come to me and leave this pathetic job of yours? There are a lot of spots opened now including one in my bedroom." He says chuckling. Danni's eyes twitched slightly. "Like I'd ever scoop so low…" She held up her knife. "I'll bring your ass in along with Luppi's." Yammy brushed his shoulders off and got up. He towered over Danni as he starts to crack his knuckles. "Then let's make a bet. If you can beat me you can do whatever you want to that pissant but if I win, you swear your loyalty to me and your body, and do whatever I say, when I say it." He says chuckling as he rushed Danni.
She easily moved out the way and kicked him in the back. His own force caused him to slam into the wall. "Ow…damn you!" Danni bounced back and forth, light on her toes. "Your big ass will never catch me." Danni says. Yammy growls and tries to grab her again, over and over. She moves out of his grips. On his last launch she kneed him in the chin, knocking him back a bit. He rubbed his chin. "Swift as ever I see." He chuckled as he rotates his arm. "Guess its time to get serious just a bit. It's been a while since I was able to go all out but against you, I don't need to hold back do I?" Danni prepares herself. 'So far so good. We aren't making too much noise so Luppi still doesn't know I am here. If I can just make my way to the…' Her eyes suddenly widen as a fist closed into her face. She ducks down, grabs his forearm, and flips him towards the door. Yammy landed on his feet however and moved faster then he normally does, shocking her.
He took advantage of her shock and tackled her in the same spot he hit earlier, forcing her to drop her knife out her hand. "Crap bad move!" She gasps out as he grabbed her arm and throws her into an old TV Set. Her body and the set crashed into the kitchen. Yammy laughs and cracks his neck. "Don't think I was the same Yammy as I was before." "Yammy!" Yammy looked up at the top of the stairs and looked to see a fuming Luppi. "Do you have to mess up this place! I said I get it!" Yammy ignores him. "Shut the hell up. I'm doing you a favor by taking out some of the trash in here. It's gonna get loud so just go back to doing what you do best. Being the failure, you were meant to be." He laughed and walked into the kitchen. Luppi growls. "Just finish your crap and get out!" He stomps back to the room.
Yammy walked into the kitchen and looked down at the broken TV set. "Mmm…where she go?" He walked around the table. "She couldn't have slipped out." He frowned and continue to look for Danni. The only place he didn't look unfortunately was up. Above him, Danni was using small grappler claws. In her left hand she had a wire and was pulling it from her teeth. She glanced down as Yammy walked back and was under her with his back turn. 'I hate doing this…it's going to hurt like freaking hell…I'm getting to old for this. I should be enjoying my days as a new grandmother or spending my time at the beach finding attractive men to bed.' She shook her head. Yammy was getting irritated. "Listen, I got Luppi off your back for a moment. The least you can do is come back out and fight me head on like old times. Our bet will be unfilled if you keep hiding from me." He opened the stove. "Tight fit. Haha. Bet your tight huh Danni." He closed it and then crossed his arms. "Ah dammit. Come on!"
Just then, Danni drops down from the ceiling and lands on his back she wrapped a wire around his neck and held tightly. "Yeah, a very tight fit huh?" Danni says with a smirk. Yammy eyes widen as he started swinging frenzy. He smashed through the kitchen trying to reach Danni on his back. His breathing was being cut off as she choked him with the wire. "I don't have time for your games. My target is Luppi." She pulls the wire tighter. Yammy gasps out as his vision started to become blurry and his breathing became heavily. He ran backwards and smashed Danni into the fridge, but she didn't let go. He slammed her into the wall cracking it up to the ceiling. Danni held in a cough, but she still didn't let go. "If you manage to get to the door, I'll let you go." She wheezes out. Yammy's knees were getting weak but he manages to make it to door. 'Good, good, closer.'
She heard a door open and stomps down the stair. "Dammit Yammy! I told you to…" He stops to see Danni on top of Yammy. He was about to open the door when Danni turned around. "Dammit. Cover blown." Luppi's eyes widen, looking at Danni's face. "You…you're the mother of that woman!" He pulls out a gun. "I'll kill you!" He pulled the trigger. Danni let Yammy go and instead of her he got the bullet into the shoulder. Luckily Yammy had some thick skin and on top of being almost choked out he didn't react. Danni took out her second knife and threw it at Luppi, stabbing his arm. "Little boys shouldn't play with guns." She says. Luppi grits his teeth and rushes back up the stairs, holding his arm. Danni rushes after him but is suddenly grabbed by Yammy and was put into a bear hold. "That fucking hurt!" He yelled out in her face. He started to squeeze her. His eyes were full of rage. "You think cheap tricks like that will do me in! You've grown soft Danni! Now I'll squeeze you until you pass out or pop. Either one is fine with me!" His grip grows tighter and tighter. Danni kicked and struggled but his grip was to tight. 'He might be right. Ugh…' She felt something snap in her side. 'In my younger days, I wouldn't have lowered my damn guard like this…or thought this freaking much!' Yammy chuckled holding her. "If you cry out in agony and admit defeat, I'll let you go ahaha!" Danni grits her teeth. "N-Never you fat jar of…" "Then I'll snap you in half!" He laughed loudly as he squeezed her.
While he laughed, in her face, he failed to realize the door opening. "I knew this was to much for you handle…" Yammy suddenly, felt a sharp pain in his right side and let go of Danni. She fell to the ground and rolled out the way just as Yammy's legs were kicked out from behind. He fell on his back and groaned out. He heard footsteps walking closer to him, looking up he saw Dante blowing out smoke. "You need to retire woman." Danni sat up holding her side. "S-Shut you…" Terry rushed in with a few men behind him. "Auntie! Luppi escaped! He jumped out the window with a bag. We have men chasing after him." He ran past Dante and went to her. He dropped down to Danni. "We should get you to the hospital." He helps Danni up. "I'm fine. The capture of Luppi comes first."
Dante walked past Yammy, who was still on the floor. "Just leave it to me already. At your age you shouldn't try to push yourself." Danni growled at him. "Do not make me kill you right now." Dante shrugs. "Just trying to help you live to see your grandchildren's first birthday at least. Don't really need you at Oichi's wedding whenever she plans it." Terry chuckled. "Can we try not to push Auntie's buttons while she's hurt?" Yammy got up. "Don't think you can ignore me and get away with it!" He reached out to grab Dante. "Silence idiot…" Dante says as he simply gutted him in the stomach. It looked like a normal gut check, but Yammy got sent flying through the wall and outside. "Get her to the hospital. As usual I'll take care of the clean up and tracking down Luppi. I'll let you know when the deed is done." He walked out the door to see the men tying Yammy up with thick chains. "Leave him. I have questions for him." The man frowned at him. "We don't answer to you." Dante walked up to Yammy and placed his foot in the creak of leg. He lifted it and then slammed it down with such force that the men heard a snap. Yammy screamed out in pain. "You bastard! I'll kill you!" He yelled trying to break out the chains. The men looked at Dante with shock and horror. "As I said…leave him. I have questions." Terry helped Danni out. "Just let him be." She says sighing. "Be ready to take him in after Dante is done with him." "Come on auntie, let's get you looked at." Terry says leading her away.
At Oichi's, Jushiro and the others were taking their leave. Ulquiorra was leaving Jess there since he had to work. Grimmjow was walking to the twins room to give Oichi a hand. He yawns slightly as he opened the door. He saw Oichi laying on the futon sleeping with Naomi on her chest. He chuckled lightly and walked to them. "Come on. It's back to bed for the both of you." He carefully picked Naomi up. She started to wine. Grimmjow placed her in his arms and started to rock her. "Come on now. You can't lay on your mom every time you get upset." It took a few seconds to smooth her back out and placed her in her crib. "Good girl." He rubbed her head and then checked on Alisha. She was sound asleep. "I'm glad that at least one of you gets some full sleep." Walking back over to Oichi he picked her up bridal style. "This is becoming a frequent thing. Hmm…you feel a bit warm." He headed to their bedroom and lays her down. He placed a hand on her forehead, cheeks, and chest and frowned.
There was a soft knock on the door. He turned to see Harribel. "I'll be heading out with Nel in a bit." "Yeah okay. Me and Oichi are off today." He says. Harribel walked up to him. "That is concern in your voice. What is wrong?" She asks. Grimmjow looks down at Oichi. "Just a bit worried, I guess. She's a little warmer than usual. I heard she can get sick pretty easily and she did have a fever when she was carrying the twins." Harribel crossed her arms. "I'll pick up some medicine on my way back just in case. Food?" Grimmjow sat on the bed. "Soup. Chicken, broth, crackers, lots of juice. Orange." Harribel nodded and left the room. Grimmjow scratched his head. "I'll go check on Naomi. Don't need her freaking out if she really is getting sick."
In the south side of Karakura, were more of the wealthy people stayed there was a large estate owned by the Shihoin Clan, one of the four great noble families. The custom home had a very dramatic resort like property. It had a private outdoor living section with a heated saltwater infinity pool, spa, cabana, and outdoor kitchen. There was a beautiful lake in the backyard that had a nice view from the home. There was a three-car garage on the side. A Guesthouse with a full kitchen and bath. A master wing that included a sitting room with a fireplace and a morning bar area. On the finished terrace level there was a nanny and butler suite, gym, and more.
In the bar area, a young, slender, well endowed woman was sitting on a stool with a drink in her hand. She had dark skin, golden irises, and black hair. Her hair was waist length and was kept in a ponytail with chin-length bangs framing the sides of her face. She was wearing an aqua color shirt with dark blue jeans and flats. In front of her was Yoshiro, on his knees with his head down. There was a knot on his head from a hard hit.
"…and after the slap she left…" He says finishing his story. The woman chuckled. Yoshiro looked up slightly. "Sis…can I please get up now? I've repeated what happened since yesterday when you brought me here. I don't know what else to tell you." One of the butlers walked in and went behind the bar. "Lady Yoruichi? Would you like a refill?" "Yes please." She says placing her cup down. "Make it a bit stronger will ya?" "Yes ma'am." He says.
Yoruichi turned to her brother. "So, do you know why she slapped you? Why she reacted the way she did? Why those women were glaring daggers at you?" Yushiro sighs. "I think? Maybe…I don't know sis…" Yoruichi rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "You can't be this dumb…you really think Izzy wants to be tied down with a loser like you?" "L-Loser!?" Yoruichi laughs. "Yes, loser. You have been dating the girl for months and you know close to nothing about her and how her family works? All the women in that households are independent women who know how to handle themselves. They don't need men gushing after them, forcing them to give up their dreams, just because they don't have the balls to stand up to their family." Yoshiro bit his lip and looks down.
"Here you are Lady Yoruichi." The butler places the cup down. "Thank you." She says grabbing the cup and taking a sip. "Haa…very good!" The butler smiled and started to restock the bar. "Now, what you need to do is realize how stupid you were for saying that, find out a great way to apologize to her, and if its to late, wine and dine her for the very last time." Yoshiro frowned and looked at her. "I don't want it to be the last time! I like Izzy sis and…wait…how do you know them so well in the first place? You speak as if you know the entire family already." Yoruichi uncrossed her legs and crossed them again. "That is because I do. Their mother, Danni, is a very good friend of mine. So of course, I know all of her kids. The oldest, Oichi the new head of the 9th division, owner of that brand-new shoe store that I brought these cute clothes from, and the soon to be principal of a brand-new school. The middle child, Florina. She's adopted though and such a cutie pie. I remember when she gave me this beautiful rose that she grew herself. She now runs a flower shop and then there is little Izzy. She is Dante's daughter and have a different mother, but Danni loves her all the same. She treats her like she gave birth to her and will always refer to it. The little spit fire is more independent then her older sisters. She hates being tied down and can't stand to be compared to others. She had a dream of becoming a photographer. She always had this camera with her and took pictures of everything. She had a bunch of scrap books with thousands of pictures of random things."
Yoruichi chuckles. "Watching them grow up was pretty interesting. Anyways, I know the whole family which, is why, I wanted to get a hold of you and get you to see what you did was wrong before her parents got to you. I can talk Danni out of killing you but her father, Dante…ha… there is no talking that man out of anything. That is a death wish." Yoshiro frowned and looks down. "Then what do I do sis…I didn't mean to make her mad or be mean or anything. I listen to her everyday when she talks and vent to me. She goes to school and work and she doesn't ask anyone for help because she thinks they would think less of her. I thought if she married me then I could make her life easier…" Yoruichi sighs and smiles softly at him. "Then make sure she knows that when she calls. Explain properly why you said the things you said, allow her to speak her feelings to you and she felt when you said those things." She got up and pulls him up. "Another thing. Do not let this family poison your mind. They do not control you nor your future. I get that I kinda made everything fall on to you but, don't get so overwhelmed by them. The whole reason you wanted to work in that shop at the mall was because you wanted to see how the common people work and how they act. Take what you learn and put it to good use." She places a hand on his shoulder. "Hopefully the girls aren't pissed at you and told Dante and Danni about what you did." She says laughing. Yoshiro gulps and nods. "How do you know she will call?" Yoruichi ruffled his head. "She will call. Trust me. Now go to your room and practice on what you are going to say." She pushed him along. She sat back at the bar and grabbed her phone to see she had a message from Terry. "Aw, the little lion cub sent me a message." She opens it and reads it. "Oh dear. Looks like Danni got herself into a little trouble." She says chuckling.
Oichi was sitting up in bed with a thermometer in her mouth. Uryu was checking her pulse. "Oichi if you aren't feeling well you need to let me know. Your fever can cause your body more harm than most people and now that you have children you have to be more careful. Do you want me to lecture you?" Oichi shook her head. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize that I had a fever. I have been taking my usual medicines. I wasn't feeling fatigue at all." Uryu took the thermometer out and checked it. "Well it's good Grimmjow called me. You are going to have to stay home for a few days. I'm going to prescribe you some new medicine and…" He pulled out a sick mask. "I know you don't want to be away from the girls so wear this at all times. Understand?" Oichi nodded as he put it on her.
There was a knock at the door and Izzy walked in holding Alisha. "Sis? Is it okay to come in?" Uryu nodded and gather his things. "I'll be back in a few hours with your new meds. Remember what I said." Oichi nodded. "Thank you for coming Uryu." Uryu nodded and left the room. Izzy walked up to her. Alisha giggled and reached out to Oichi. "Can you hold her?" "Uryu said it was okay but, I don't want to risk the girls getting sick. I was breathing all over Naomi this morning trying to calm her down but Uryu said she checked out okay. I'm sorry for asking but can you watch them for me for a while? At least until Harribel and the girls get back?" Izzy nodded. "Of course sis but um…I wanted to ask you something." She grabbed a chair and sat down beside the bed with Alisha sitting in her lap.
"Sure, you can ask me whatever you like." Oichi says smiling behind the mask. "It's about Yoshiro. Talking to Jess the other day made me think about what he might be going through. I vented to him a lot about how I felt about things like. Maybe he took it the wrong way and thought I wanted an easy way out." Oichi linked her fingers as she listened. "I…I do love him sis and I admit that at any other moment I would have said yes to marrying him. However, I don't want to give up my dreams just to merge into his family ways and be a housewife. Sure, some women can do it and love it but I want to work and make my own money. I would have thought he understood that." She looked at Oichi with tears in her eyes. "How do I tell him that without chasing him away!?" Alisha looked up at her and frowned. Oichi chuckled. "You tell him what you just told me. Yoshiro isn't like those guys you use to date. He listens to you vent your heart out to him and I am sure he will listen to you when you explain how his words made you feel." Izzy sniffs and wipes her eyes. "…but what if he doesn't understand how I feel. What if he only feels that I should marry him just to give him kids and all that other stuff." Oichi reached out and grabs Izzy's hand. "Do you think Yoshiro is that kind of guy?" Oichi asked. Izzy shook her head. "N-No but…" "Then you have nothing to fear Izzy."
Grimmjow walked in with Naomi. "She's right and if he tries anything, just let me know. I'll kick his ass for ya." Izzy smiles at him. "Thank you but, I don't want him to get hurt." Grimmjow sat on the edge of the bed. "I got it but still, as your brother in law, if you need my fist, don't be scared to ask." Oichi chuckles and looks at Naomi who was playing with some keys. They heard a yawn and looked to see Jess walking in. "Hey there sleepy head." Oichi says. Jess rubs the sleep out of her eyes. "Mmm…Hungry." Grimmjow placed Naomi on the bed, on her stomach and got up. "Ulquiorra brought you some snacks. Guess I'll get them before you blow a cow." Jess pouted at him as he walked by her. "Oichi your boyfriend is such a jerk." Oichi giggled. "Yeah, one of his cute features." She felt Naomi push up off her stomach and on to her knees. She crawled to Oichi's legs and lays on them babbling away. Jess notices the mask on Oichi's face, and a look of concern went to her face. "Is it your fever?" Oichi nodded. "Yeah, but it's not bad. Thanks to Grimmjow. Uryu will be back with new meds for me. I think my body is adjusting to the ones I have now." Jess sighs. "I see. Are you sure you don't want me to get my uncle on the phone? He can make you some lasting medicine." Oichi frowned. "No, I don't want to owe him anything. I'm sure he won't hold it against me but still it's a no." Jess walked over and sat on the other side of the bed. "Your so stubborn. I hope the girls don't get that."
Izzy got up. "Did you want me to take the twins sis?" Oichi shook her head. "No, you can leave them here, plus, you want to go talk to Yushiro don't you?" Izzy blushed and nodded. She handed Alisha to Oichi. "Thank you for listening to me Oichi." She quickly left the room. Alisha giggled as Oichi tickled her. "That girl…I happy she found someone to finally love though." Jess nodded. "I agree. Love is such a wonderful thing. I can't wait to see Grimmjow's face when the twins fall in love one day." Oichi gave out a dry laugh. "Between Grimmjow and Grayson I'm sure they would scare every boy away." The girls laughed together making the twins giggle along with them. Grimmjow walked back in with snacks for Jess. "Ah, if Jess wasn't here I'd say this was a perfect moment to see my girls so giggly." Jess frowned. "Oh shush and give me my food."
At the medical center, Danni sighs as she sat in bed. She was in the 4th division private room. Terry was sitting beside her on his tablet. The door to the room opened and Jushiro walked in with a smile. "Danni! I heard that you were getting treated here today." Danni glares at him. "Yeah, I'll be out in a couple of days. Don't tell Oichi or I'll kill you." Jushiro chuckled. "Don't worry, I will not say anything. I guess your pursuit went bad?" Danni nodded. "Yeah, that idiot Yammy was there. He had been sleeping in the room without making a sound and then the moment we move in he wakes up and mess up everything." She crossed her arms and sinks back into the bed. "It was mostly my fault. That sack of shit was right…In my hay day I would have been able to take Yammy and capture Luppi without help. I let my guard down and got distracted. Maybe its time for me to consider retirement or something." Terry looked up. "You are letting uncle Dante get under your skin. Mistakes were made and we didn't get Luppi, but we did capture Yammy. That must account for something. Without Aizen funding anything there is nothing that can't hold him in prison. We actually have a few charges that can hold him for a while, and I sent them to Toshiro." Jushiro nods. "I see. You work fast as always. As for you Danni, he is right. Dante is famous for getting under people's skin. You have always gotten your job done. I don't think retirement is for you just yet. Heal up, take some days off, and leave the hunting to Terry and your men." Danni frowned. "What!? That bastard needs to be caught by me! After what he did to Oichi! He needs to die and burn in hell!" Jushiro laughs. "That is also why you need to take the days off. We need Luppi alive and there isn't a high chance that you will do that. So you are under orders to take a few days off and heal up. Terry will take over for you." Terry smiled. "I got this auntie. Don't worry I'll bring him in. Think of this like a vacation. You can stay with Oichi and spend time with her and the twins. I also heard Yoruichi was back in town. She should be on her way here now really."
On cue, Yoruichi walked in with a bottle of wine. "Oh Danni! I brought you a get-well gift!" She says walking to the bed. Danni smiled. "Hello to you to Yoruichi." "I got a text saying you were hurt by that brut and now I hear that you are going on Vacation! How wonderful. I have an open room, reserved seats with your favorite seafood restaurant, and even a few men lined up to your liking." She says winking. Danni chuckled. "Sounds like you have my whole day planned. I guess I could take a small vacation. I wouldn't want all your work to go to waste." Yoruichi smirk. "That a girl! I'll start getting the room ready. It's time for you to cut lose a bit and I'll even invite Kisuke." Danni rolled her eyes. "Do you have to? Why?" Yoruichi laughed. "Still don't like him huh? Well for one you kinda owe him. He did save your life a few years ago." Danni shook her head. "Yeah and he almost got Oichi killed when he had her standing outside his stupid club!" "The past is the past. Oichi is fine and he made sure she never worked there again. Besides he had the place close down for now. He is running this pathetic little gift shop until the school opens up." Danni huffed out. "I hate his guts."
They heard chuckling and Shunsui walked in. "I thought I heard some loud voices coming from this room." Danni felt her face get slightly hot and turned her eyes away. Yoruichi caught this and a sly smile came to her face. 'Danni you are so easy to read today.' "I heard you got into a real scramble with Yammy." Danni nodded. "Yeah something like that." Terry could hear a certain nervousness in her voice and held in a chuckle. 'Auntie does have her cute sides at times.' "The old man gave you some vacation days. You should take them and spend time with your grandchildren. I'm sure they can't wait to be spoiled by you." Shunsui says laughing. Danni looked at him and her cheeks turned red. "I was planning to take the offer. I don't want to but maybe some free time is what I need." Shunsui smiles softly at her. "That's a good idea." Danni felt her heart speed up and she looked away towards the window. Jushiro chuckled. 'She's so open right now.'
Rangiku was in her office in a daze. Gin hasn't been home in a week, and she was worried about him. The door to her office opened and Momo peaks her head in. "Rangiku?" She slips in and closes the door gently. Rangiku was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even see Momo standing right in front of her. Momo frowned and clapped her hands in front of Rangiku's face. "Rangiku!" She yelled. Rangiku yelled and jumped up in surprise. "Wahh! Momo! Don't do that! I could have pop right out of my top!" Momo crossed her arms. "You weren't answering me. Are you, feelings okay? You look like you have a lot on your mind." She sits down in front of her. "A lot on my mind? I guess you can say that…I'm fine though. How are you and your lover doing?" Momo blushed. "L-Lover!? I mean me and Toshiro are doing well and all." Rangiku smirked. "So is his bed game good?" Momo's face got hotter. "W-Well its um…m-maybe we shouldn't talk about that here…" Rangiku gasps. "Your right! We need a girl's night out! You, me, Orihime, Oichi, Jess, Nel, and all the other girls! Oooo I need to find a good restaurant!" "Huh!? Wait what?" Rangiku takes her phone out and starts looking up spots. "It's been a stressful year for everyone. A girl's night out with no men and lots of drinking! Well not for Nel and Jess at least but I'll drink enough for them both! Momo you get the word out. I'll get the reservations and a bar to go to afterwards." She says giggling. Momo rubbed her head. "Sure…I guess." Momo hums out as she starts texting. 'Why does it seem like she's hiding something…'
Ichigo, Renji, Ikkaku, and Yumichika were over at Chad's drinking and playing cards. Orihime and Rukia had all the kids for the day. Ichigo sips on a beer as he watched Ikkaku struggle with his hand. "Man, you suck like always." Ikkaku shot him a glare. "Shut up! I'm trying to think here!" Renji shook his head. "Sure, you are." "I said shut up!" He says snapping at them. Yumichika chuckled. Chad shook his head and sip on a beer. "Is Uryu coming over?" "Na, he has work today. That workaholic." Renji chuckled. "So, gentlemen how is life?" Ichigo sighs. "The same, I guess. Working on a wedding, working, etc etc…" Ikkaku groans. "Same here. Nothing new." Yumichika chuckled. "I've been on a few dates here and there." They all stopped and looked at him in shock. "Say what!?" Yumichika frowned. "What? You think I can't find someone who is just a beautiful as me? That my dear boys is the truth. No one can match my beauty but that is besides the point. I am a man after all. I have needs just like everyone else, so I've started my own host club." Ikkaku raised his eyebrow. "Oh…you were serious about that huh. Well good luck."
Ichigo and Renji slammed their hand on the table. "Hold the heck up! Are we really going to gloss over this!? You are running a host club!?" Renji says in shock. Yumichika nodded. "Yup, I got the funds and everything. If you want a job there however, you are going to have to prove your worth. With that said I wouldn't recommend you boys to come sigh up. I need to test certain skills you know and since you are married or getting married, I doubt your women would want that." Ichigo crossed his arms. "What kind of proof are you talking about?" "Eh? You know, like bed skills, people skills, all the jest." Chad sips on his beer. "Bed skills? So you would watch them…" "Yup and my, I have to say that the men around here sure are desperate but I did find one that caught my eye. He looked strangely familiar but that is besides the point. He is quite a looker and I planned to invite him to out next outing at the club house." Ichigo frowned. "Your going to invite some stranger over during our game nights?" Yumichika nodded. "Yup, I didn't think it would be a problem since Oichi brought Grimmjow over at one point." "A well know criminal and a complete and total person we do not know are two different things!" Ichigo says. Yumichika pouted. "Well its to late. He is already coming and Momo said she didn't mind." The men groaned. "Your always doing this! How do you know this guy isn't going to come after one of the girls!?" Renji said in anger. "Oh, don't worry about that. He likes big breasted women so Rukia and Momo wouldn't be on his radar. He also likes them kind of brainy so Orihime is off the market to. He doesn't like women who drink a lot so Rangiku is out. All that is left would be Tatsuki, Oichi, and Jess if she comes."
Ichigo groans out. "I'm going to ignore the fact that you might have called Orihime dumb but that's even worse! Tatsuki could kick this guy's ass for batting a eye at her. Jess can easily kill the guy and Oichi has a man who would snap anyone, man or woman, in half if they so much as look at her wrong!" Yumichika chuckled. "I know! Wont this be fun!?" Ichigo and Renji face palm's themselves.
Izzy sighs as she paced back and forth. She had her phone in her hand, debiting on what she should say to Yoshiro. She rubs her head and sits down on the bed. "Fine, I'll just call and say what's on my mind." She dialed his number. It ranged only once before he picked up. "H-Hello!?" "Hey…" Izzy says nervously. "Hi Izzy…" Yushiro says equally nervous. There was silence on the phone. Izzy gulps and was about to start when Yoshiro beat her to the punch. "I'm sorry!" He says. "I swear, I didn't mean to disrespect you in any way. I just want to give you a life where you didn't have to worry about over stressing yourself. You always talked about how you were tired of working so hard and getting little results. In truth I was frustrated because I didn't know what to do to make it easier for you. In the end I did something totally stupid and I hurt your feelings and walked all over your pride. I never intended to do so…Izzy, you are so important to me. The days we spent together were like heaven. No other girl has made me feel the way I do about you. They all just tell me what I want to hear to keep me happy. Your different and I like that. I love how you're so independent and how your following your dreams despite the stress it puts on you. You're an amazing person Izzy and…you deserve better than me. If you want to stay apart, I can deal with that."
Biting her lip, Izzy tears up. "Your such a idiot!" She cries out. "Izzy?" "It was stupid of you to think I was like those women you hated so much. I know I vent to you a lot about my stress, but I just want you to hold me and tell me that you will always be there for me." "I will Izzy. I'll hold you for as long as you want me to." "You don't need to impress me with fancy things, just spend more time with me. I love going on dates with you and I love how happy you get when you discover something new. Your smile is so cute, and it makes my heart flutter so bad. Every time we are together I have so much happiness in my heart that I fear it would explode. I love you, okay. I don't want to break up so please come hold me?" "Yes! Of course, I will! I'm on my way!" He says hanging up. Izzy sniffed and grabbed a pillow. She got flustered with her own words. Her heart was pounding so fast. "Yoshiro…you big dummy head…"
Later that night, Ulquiorra had came back to pick Jess up. Oichi and Grimmjow were in their room with the twins. Yoshiro had come over and he and Izzy had not left the room ever since. "Should we go check on them?" Oichi asked. The twins were laying on Grimmjow's chest fast asleep. "Na, make up sex is one of the best things to do you know." Oichi gave him a worried looked. "Babe chill. They are crazy in love and they had a big fight and misunderstanding. Let them get all the stress out. Besides its not like we haven't done that before. We did stay in here for your birthday when I got out." Oichi blushed. "Y-Yeah…I can't help it though."
"I know. You're a worry wort sister. Did you take your meds?" Oichi nodded adjusting her mask. "Come lay with us and get some sleep." Grimmjow says pulling her down. "No! I don't want to get the kids sick." Grimmjow ignored her pleads and held her close. "Sleep." He says. Oichi frowned and was about to struggle until she got comfortable. "You're such a fat head…" She mumbles. Grimmjow chuckles at her.
In Los Noches, Szayel was in his lab working on something when Zommari walked in. "Szayel…Sir Aizen is looking for you." "I will be there in a moment, I am busy." He says typing away at his camera. Zommari walked up to him. "Yammy has been captured by the center." "So, what, that thug may be all muscle but he will never talk or give Aizen up. Not something we should be worrying about." "You do realize that we are the only two left of this elite force do you not?" Szayel. "I do and soon, Aizen will lead us to our deaths, but before that I will use all this time to acquire something I've been wanting for a while." He types something in, and a picture of Jess pops up along with a few of her family members. "That women. Doesn't she belong to Ulquiorra." "Oh yes, and what a find this was. She's from a Scottish noble family and that name, Mikcloud haha they are known to have such dirty secrets. Secrets that would make me a very powerful man." "I have heard of that name before…" Zommari says. Szayel chuckled. "That girl may be the only thing between me, and boats load of information and power. I want her and if I have to torture her to the brink of death or experiment on her day and night, all those Mikcloud secrets will be mine haha."
Morning came, Oichi and Grimmjow were downstairs with the twins when Yoshiro walked in only his jeans on. "Oh, Good morning Ms. Oichi." Oichi smiled. "Good morning Yoshiro. Did you sleep well?" He blushed and nodded. "Yes, I did, I'm sorry for imposing on you." Oichi shook her head. "It's fine. I'm glad you and Izzy made up." Yoshiro frowned and then looked down. "I owe you an formal apology for what I said to Izzy. I didn't mean to disrespect her nor did I mean to trample on her dreams like that. All I ever wanted was to make her happy." "I know dear. Trust me I do. I bear no ill will towards you so long as you set everything right. Izzy is a very stubborn and independent woman. I hope that you take very good care of her from now on." Yoshiro smiled and nodded. "Yes, ma'am I will! Thank you for your blessings!" The twins giggled at him. Grimmjow walked up with a plate and some juice. "This is for Izzy, if you want food you can come down here and make it yourself." Yoshiro nodded and grabbed it. "Thank you." He quickly ran back up the stairs. Oichi sighs. "Now Flo and Izzy have someone they can finally be with. I'm a happy camper now." Grimmjow kissed her forehead. "Eat." He says placing a plate in front of her.
The night of October 31st, everyone was getting ready for game night over at Momo's and the others. The kids had all gone and came back from early trick or treating and were staying over at Oichi's with a babysitter. The game house was decorated for Halloween. In the kitchen, Oichi, Grimmjow, Ichigo, and Tatsuki was cooking for the group. Oichi was wearing a long sleeve, batman shirt and black skinny jeans and flats. Her hair was in a low ponytail and she was wearing her glasses as she cooked.
In the living room area Jess was wearing a Harley Quinn maternity shirt and black and red cheeked leggings, was sitting down beside Nel. They were watching Ikkaku, Rangiku, Toshiro, Nnoitra and the others play spades. Yumichika did not tag along with Ikkaku and it started to raise questions that he couldn't answer. Hisagi, Yoshiro, Izzy, and Florina was over at the bar. Ikkaku sighs out. "This game sucks! I will never understand how a freaking 2 one of the lowest numbers ever can beat my card!" He tosses his cards down. "This is a waste of time! Find something else to play!" Jess chuckled at this. Nel sighs.
"Well we can just do what we always do and just talk you know. We have new faces joining us now." Momo says sitting down on the couch. Ikkaku's eye twitched. "I don't want to do that either!" "Fine! Let's do a scavenger hunt!" Momo got up. "Luckily I already set that up haha. Everyone needs to team up with a partner and find the items on the list that I will give them. The house has been expanding recently so it's bigger than ever! Lots of things to find and there is a grand prize in it that includes money, liquor, and a free labor pass! That means you can have one-person work for you for free all day long!" Ikkaku smirks and gets up. "Oh, hell yeah! I love labor passes! I'm going to make Rangiku rake the leaves in the yard!" Rangiku stood up, slamming her hands on the table. "Like hell you are! I plan on winning that pass so you or one of the lucky men in here can come shopping with me!" Momo laughs and runs off to get the list.
Meanwhile at Yoruichi's, she and Danni were getting ready for a dinner date. Danni didn't want to go since Kisuke would be there, but she had little to no choice. She was in her room looking at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a long, backless, sexy burgundy halter dress with black heels. Her hair had grown a bit longer, down to her shoulders just about. Sighing she turns around and rubs her hips. She had always been one to recover quickly but she was still a bit bruised up. "I can't believe I am doing this. When was the last time I even went out dinner and off all people I have to share it with Kisuke…ugh…" She looks down at her hands and rubs her ring finger. At one point she and Dante had been married but they divorced years ago when Oichi was still a teenager. Before that though, he had taken her out on dates like this. The dates were always so romantic, and it reminded her why she fell in love with him. Of course, that all changed, and they ended up going separate ways. "I do admit…that I miss going out on dinner dates and I already missed most of Oichi's life because of my job. Maybe Dante is right, and I should get out…this lifestyle may not be good for me anymore." She placed her hand on her chest. 'I miss the days when I had someone to come home to. Welcoming me back with a warm and caring smile.' She felt tears starting to swell up in the corner of her eyes as her loneliness started to creep up on her.
"Danni! I see your ready to go!" Danni jumped at Yoruichi's loud voice. She quickly snapped out of her thoughts and turned to see Yoruichi wearing a red one shoulder, side open, fork cocktail dress with black heels. "Ready to go?" Danni sighed and grabbed her purse. "I guess so. Let's get this over with." She walked past Yoruichi.
Yoruichi chuckled and a soft smile came to her face. 'Don't worry Danni, your loneliness will end tonight, I will make sure of that, as your good friend. After all you've done for that company you deserve some happiness of your own." "Yoruichi! Hurry up or I'm not going!" Danni yelled. She chuckled and quickly rushed out after Danni.
Downstairs, the butler was waiting on them, when he saw them, he smiled and bow. "You look very stunning ladies; the car is ready for you." Yoruichi nodded. "Thank you, Gus." They walked and he opened the door for them. He then got into the driver's seat and drove them to the restaurant they were eating at.
In the car, Danni looked at her phone to see a text from Oichi. Danni had told her that she would be on vacation for a while to rest up. 'Have fun on your dinner date mama. If you get to bored the kids are at the house. I'm sure the twins would love to see you.' Danni smiles and texts her back. 'I might take you up on that offer, thanks pumpkin.' She puts her phone back into her bag. "Oichi?" Yoruichi asked. Danni nodded. "So where are we going? If we are dressing up like this I assume its going to be fancy right?" Yoruichi nodded. "Yup! It's called Limestone Roadhouse." "What do they serve?" "The normal I guess, never been to be honest." Danni sighs. "Right…"
Riding for about 15 minutes into town, they came to a large restaurant that looked packed. Gus pulled up to the front door where the line was and a valet walked over, opening the door for them. Danni got out and looked around. "You sure we can get into this place?" Yoruichi walked to the door. "Your asking to many questions Danni. Just trust me and come on." Danni sighs and follows her to the front door, cutting in front of the long line. Walking inside, the went to the podium. There was a young woman with black hair tied up in a bun, gray eyes, and peachy skin. She was leaning over the podium, looking through a book. She had a frown on her face and looked up to see Yoruichi and Danni. "If you don't have a reservation you are either going to have to wait in line or come back at a later date." She says with a bit of an attitude. Danni frowned at this. One thing that irked her was people not being professional at their jobs. Especially if it was a high-class place like this.
Yoruichi opened her post and pulled out a ticket. "I do have one. For Shihouin." The woman's eyes opened wide and she stood up straight. "Of the Shihouin clan? Yes, ma'am we have your table for four, ready." She quickly grabbed four menus. "Right this way!" Danni shook her head as they followed her. 'Looking so bored at work until an important guest shows up…. Pitiful. My girls have better work ethic then most of these people in here…' She hums out. 'Wait four? Who else is joining us?'
The woman led them upstairs and sat them at the table near the window. They sat down and opened their menus. "For four? What are you planning Yoruichi?" Danni asked She chuckled. "It's a surprise Danni." The woman came back with a pad in her hand. "My name is Tory and I will be your server tonight." Danni raised her eyebrow. "Aren't you the one who led people to their seats?" Tory faked a smile to Danni. "I do but it's not my job. I was looking over the station. Not that it matters…" She says mumbling the last part. Danni's hand twitched. Her level of anger was rising a bit. "What will you be having to drink tonight?" Tory asked. Danni looked at the menu. "Some nice wine would do…oh they have Nonas! That can only be made on the island. Ms. Lillian must be making a killer with her wine." "What is Nonas?" Danni smiled. "A dry wine that Dante's mother makes. It's made from rare ingredients that can only be found on his home island. I didn't know her sells were reaching this far out. I know Flo, opened a flower shop but it was for herbs." Yoruichi chuckled. "I see, So, we will have two bottles of those."
Tory looked at Danni. "Are you sure ma'am…that is a very expensive drink. I know that a noble family would be able to afford but…" "Two bottles." Yoruichi says. Tory sighs. "Of course, ma'am. I will be back with your drink." She turned around and walked away. "I don't know how much more I can take of that woman…" Yoruichi shakes her head and then smiles when she sees Kisuke and another guest behind him, being led by a young man. "I see you made it." Kisuke smiled and looked at Danni. He was wearing a dark blue suit and black hair and his hair was kind of cleaned up, much to Danni's surprise. "Hello Danni, It's been a while." "Hello to you to Kisuke…" Danni says in a flat tone. She looked behind him and her eyes widen a bit. "What are you doing here?" Behind Kisuke was Shunsui. He was wearing a black suit and his hair was slicked back into a low pony-tail. "Hello ladies, you both are looking quite lovely this night." He looked at Danni who had a hint of redness on her cheek. "I don't think I've ever seen you wear a dress like that Danni. You should try dressing up more often. Hiding your beauty like that should be a crime."
Danni felt her heart skip a beat. She quickly turned her head. "No need to butter me up like that. I asked a question." Shunsui chuckled and took a seat next to her. Kisuke also took a seat. "Did you both already order?" "Just some drinks." "I see. So, Danni, I heard you were taking a vacation." Kisuke says chuckling. "Something like that. I heard your stupid club was shut down finally. To bad…I wanted to destroy it myself." Kisuke had a carefree smile on his face. "Still showing some hate against me?" "You put my daughter in danger so of course I hate your guts. You are lucky I can't show them to you but, ironically Oichi needs you to run this school of hers. Can't really take your life just yet." Kisuke laughed. "How lucky for me. I saved your life and your daughter saved mine. I will have to thank her later." "Speaking of that, how came you never told Oichi that you worked for the company?" Shunsui asked. Danni frowned and then a sad look appeared on her face catching him off guard a bit. "…the company isn't as pretty as people see it. I didn't want her to be involved in it and end up losing a part of herself like me and Dante did. If you let it, that place can suck your soul and change you into a person you never wanted to be in the first place. I wanted to spare that from her…" There was silence at the table for a bit until Tory came back with the wine. "I see your other two guests have arrived. I brought four glasses for you all."
Danni sighs mentally as she masked her sad emotions. Tory placed the glasses down and opened the first bottle. "Have you all decided on what you wanted to order, or do you need more time?" She asked pouring the glasses. "More time please. Since we just got here and all." Kisuke looking at the menu. Tory looked at the women. "We want to order at the same time so we will wait." Tory nodded and walked off. Danni sips on her wine and sighs out. "It's so nice to taste this again." She glanced in her wine and smiled softly. 'The last time I had this wine was on my honeymoon…' Shunsui watched her from the corner of his eyes as he looked at the menu.
At Momo's the scavenger hunt was on its way. While Momo was getting things ready, everyone but Yumichika had shown up which still baffled everyone. All the couples were paired up and give a list that had clues instead of just items on it. Momo, Toshiro, and Kira stayed out the game. Kira watched the food in the kitchen. Momo, at the last second decided it was better to hide the prizes around the house and gave each group different clues to reach one of the three prices. To make the experience more spooky she had shut off the lights to some rooms and dimmed the lights in the hall.
Oichi and Grimmjow was walking down the hall with a paper in hand. Grimmjow had his hands in his pocket. "What's first?" Oichi hums out. "In the dark and under a tress look for a graveyard skeleton key, don't be afraid of guts and goo, for on that key is your next clue." Grimmjow frowns. "So, we have to go outside?" "I guess…but I didn't see any graveyards outside and Momo couldn't have put one up in the minutes she was gone…" They walked down the hallway and walked past the entertainment room. Oichi looked to see the door where Rukia was supposed to have her baby shower last year. She stops and looks at the door while Grimmjow heads to the back door.
He peaked outside and looked around to see no tree or graveyard. "No…nothing out here…" Oichi grabs the doorknob and opens the door she sees a glow in the dark tree made of lights hanging on the wall. "Grimmjow! Here!" Grimmjow turns around and walks to the door. Oichi walks in and tries to flick on the light, it didn't work. "Well I guess she wants to try to keep it spooky. Walking in they came to the tree. Oichi's foot hit something making her stop. She bends down and felt a bucket. "Um…I found something but the light in the hallway is making things hard to see what's in it." "Just grab whatever is inside." Grimmjow says. Oichi sticks her hand inside and felt something squishy. "Ewww….I don't know what it is but it feels so nasty!" She digs around until her hand grazed against something. "I got something." She says pulling it out.
They walked back into the hallway and Oichi frowned to see black goo on her arm. "Gross!" Grimmjow chuckled and looked to see that she had grabbed a key and attached to it was a note card. He grabbed it and opened it. "They say that bats come out at night, but don't be overcome with fright, a bat hangs in the house somewhere and your next clue is hidden there." Oichi frowned and looked around to see the Halloween decorations hanging on the walls and ceilings. "Oh boy…"
Jess and Ulquiorra were outside in the front yard. Jess was holding the card. "Are you sure you wish to play? I don't want you on your feet." Jess smiled. "I'll be fine love. This game seems like a fun way to spend my birthday to heehee! Let's see, the card says, Jack-o-lanterns light the night, their eerie faces shinning bright, the knife that shaped them lies around, and holds your next clue safe and sound. Jess looked around and notice that the yard was full of Jack-o-lanterns. "At least we found out why there was so many lanterns out here when we pulled up. I think we need to look for a knife and that will have the next clue…but its so dark outside." She held his hand. "Let's get to looking. I wanna win that labor ticket so I can make Grimmjow do some work." Ulquiorra nods and walks with her out into the yard.
Walking around they also saw Nel and Nnoitra holding a small flashlight to read their card. "Hey, I didn't know you can use flashlights." Jess says pouting as they walked up to them. Nnoitra rolls his eyes. "How else do you plan to see in the dark girly." Nel nudged him. "So is your clue out here to?" Jess nodded. "Looking for a knife. What about you?" "Our clue said bones are scattered everywhere, around a pile of leaves somewhere, one of those bones holds your next clue, beware the owner watches you. So, we need a pile of leaves and some bones. Haaa…Momo sure did do some extra stuff…I think she had some of this planned out."
Nnoitra looked around and saw a tree near the edge of the road. He grabbed Nel's hand making her blush. "Over here, there is a tree. Might be the leaves." "Hey don't pull me jerk! I'm carrying a baby you know!" "Just shut up and follow me! I want that labor card!" Jess sighs. "Looks like everyone wants that card. Now what?" She looked at Ulquiorra who was looking at the garage. The pumpkins were lined up strangely. "This way." He says walking her in that direction. Reaching the garage, it was opened, they saw a circle of pumpkins with one in the middle with a carved-out knife face. Jess smiled as Ulquiorra reached in there to pull a rubbed knife out with a note on it. "Yay! What is next?" "A spider crawls upon its web, up in a tree where it is spread, entangled in a web of doom, your next clue must surely loom." Jess hums out. "We should go to the tree Nel went to. It did say a spider web in a tree." Ulquiorra nodded and they moved on.
Ichigo and Orihime were inside, on their third clue, looking around a room for a witch hat. There clue came to that. "A black witch hat? Where could it be?" Orihime says looking under the bed. Ichigo opened the closet and sighs. "How the hell did Momo come up with this in such a short time?" Orihime sat up. "She must have already planned this, but I don't think she finished seating up. It would explain why some of the groups are outside." "Aha! Found it!" Ichigo says reaching up on the top shelf way in the back. He pulled out a pointy witch hat that had a note attached to it. "What does it say?" "Where is your next clue you should ask, your next one is hidden in a mask, on the titles the masks you will find, make sure you check along the lines." Ichigo and Orihime frowned. "Titles? Along the lines?" They pounded for a bit until Renji and Rukia walked by. "What are you two doing?" Rukia asked. "Thinking…" Orihime says. "Did you guys find your next clue?"
They shook their heads. "We are looking for a decoration that makes noise so…yeah its been slow." Renji says shrugging. They then heard yelling. Peaking out the door they saw Ikkaku and Rangiku arguing. "Dumbass! The note clearly says we are looking for a skull!" Rangiku rolled her eyes, placing her hands on her hips. "No, the clue said that we are looking for a skeleton!" "That is the same thing! It doesn't matter if the skeleton has a body it still has a skull that we are looking for!" "I don't think you know what your talking about Ikkaku. Because of you we are going to lose this game. I think I'll go get a drink or something." She says walking off. "W-What!? You can't leave me! We must finish as a team Rangiku! A freaking team!" He runs after her. Ichigo and the others shook their heads.
Danni was eating a juicy stake as Kisuke talked about something. She wasn't really listening to him. Beside her Shunsui was being flirted with by Tory. It was really starting to get under her skin. Tory smiled as she refilled Shunsui's glass. "I feel so honored to tip you off sir." Shunsui smiled. "Thank you, It's a shame I have to ask such a woman of your status to do this." Tory giggles. "I will happily do this for you." She placed a hand gently over his. "It you need anything please call for me." She winks at him and walks away swinging her hip. Shunsui chuckles.
"A hit with the women as always I see. Nothing has changed about you." Danni says. Shunsui looks at her, taking a bite out of his food. "You think so? I think I changed just a bit." "I don't see it…" "You haven't been around to see it. I've actually been on my best behavior when your around." "Oh? Only when I am around? So, while I'm gone you revert back to your own self? I don't call that change." Shunsui smiles and chuckles. Danni sighs mentally as she raises her fork to eat her food. His eyes narrowed a bit. "Trust me when I say my eyes have always been on one woman and one woman alone." Danni froze for just a second and then went on to eat. "Is that right…" She says with a mumble.
Yoruichi was enjoying this. 'Who knew Danni had such a cute side to her.' "I didn't think you had it in you to keep your eyes on one woman. I have to admit that I am a little curious." Kisuke nodded as well with a smirk on his face. Shunsui hums out. "Well, I can tell you that she is a very beautiful woman who speaks her mind. She cares a lot for her family and no matter how hard things get she never backs down. He holds his glass up and looks at the wine in it. "She can be kind of a hothead but its one of the things that attracts me to her. It I could just get to her I would drop all my 'leachy' ways as she calls it and give her all my love and attention." Danni was looking down at her plate with a bright red face. "She…sounds like a woman who can keep you in check…" Shunsui sips his wine and looks at Danni. "What got me so heated for this woman was those red fiery eyes. Filled with pride and passion." Danni held in a gasps as her heart sped up quicker then she could have thought. Shunsui reached over and grabbed her hand. She looks at him. "Now, how can a man like me not fall for a woman like that." Danni's eyes widen and her face started to heat up more and more. She shook and then quickly stood. "E-Excuse me!" She quickly walked off to the bathroom.
Yoruichi laughed. "Cute!" She got up and followed her. Kisuke looks at Shunsui who was looking at his hand. "Hmm…maybe I came on a bit to strong. I didn't expect her to run off." Kisuke chuckled. "Well this is Danni we are talking about. It's rare enough to see her so flustered right? That proves that your feelings are connected and its not a one side love." Shunsui smiles. "Yeah. That is relief. At my age I didn't think I could get a woman of her level." Kisuke sips his wine. "Danni is a special breed of woman. I can only name a few off the top of my head who are like her. I think you are lucky to get her. I suggest you claim her before someone else comes in." Shunsui let out a hefty chuckled. "Maybe I will."
In the bathroom, Danni was looking at her red face in the mirror. She took deep breathes to calm her beating heart. 'Damn that man…' The door opened and Yoruichi walked in with a cat grin on her face. "So cute Danni! I rarely see you get all flustered!" She quickly snapped a picture of Danni. "Stop that! I'm trying to calm my nerves here!" Danni snaps at her. Yoruichi simply laughs and walks up to her. "You shouldn't be hiding your true feelings Dan. I think you have gotten use to being so alone that you have forgotten what it feels like to fall back in love." Danni looks down at the sink. "How can I fall back in love when Dante showed me that it's a path to ruin and heartbreak. I don't want to go through that again. I would rather work myself to death then have to deal with that sort of pain again." She grips the sink with her hands. "Danni." Yoruichi hugs her from behind. "You are only hurting yourself by keeping those feelings bottled up. You have been strong for years after the crap Dante put you through. When he took Oichi from you, you did your damn near best to get her back and it worked. You beat all the pain and suffering you had to deal with after he left, and you raised 3 beautiful women who are now independent in their own rights and starting families. You have done your part and while I know you would never stop being a mother to them it is time for you to think about yourself for once and I think they would agree." She let her go and turned her around. She smiled softly at her. "Danyeal…you deserve happiness okay, and I will make sure you damn well get it understand?" Danni chuckles and nods. "Yeah, your right. Thank you." Yoruichi links arms with her. "What are friends for! So be the Alpha female you have always been and snag you that man!" They both laughed as they walked back out.
Reaching the table, they frowned when they saw Tory trying to flirt with Shunsui. "Oh, and here I thought you have left. I was hoping you didn't leave your bill with such a handsome man." Tory gives Danni a fake smile. "I would have warned you that eating here isn't something common folks normal do. This place is well over their pay grade." Danni smiled at Tory. "I'm sure it is. I mean what is a highly decorated army general like myself ever going to do." Tory frowned. "army general…" Danni pushed her hair back behind her ear. "This place is to fancy for me anyways." She looks at Shunsui. "Would you like to hit up a bar with me?" She asked. A smile came to his face. "It would be my guest." They both stood up until a young man passed by. He stopped when he saw Danni.
"Danni? Danni Tanaka?" Danni stopped and looked at the man. He had thin red brownish eyebrows, re brownish spiky hair and dark black irises. He walked up to her. "I take it you don't remember me ma'am?" Danni tilt her head and looked at him closely. "Oh! Ashido Kano! What a surprise to see you here!" Ashido smiled softly. "Yes ma'am. I'm sure it is." Shunsui frowned but put on a smile. "A friend of yours?" Danni nods. "Something like that. Ashido was serving under me for a while overseas, I send him and a unit out to check out some bases but along the way they got ambushed." Ashido frowned and his eyes went cold. "I lost all of my squad brothers…I was the only one left alive and I was pinned down by the enemy. I was badly wounded, and I thought for sure I was going to die there." He places a hand on his leg. "I heard about the report and I went myself to try to save him and man what a fighter he was." Danni laughs. "I've never saw a man with so much will power. Its to bad that you couldn't stay with us."
Ashido closed his eyes, opened them, and then looked back at her. "Yes, I was rather broken, and I don't think the company at the time needed a man like me. I hit rock bottom and for a while I didn't know what to do with myself. I then remembered your words to us how if we ever got out and you caught us slipping in the civilian world you would kick our asses, drag us back to the field, and force us to stand in your firing range. It shook me to my core and that was just enough to get me back on my feet, go back to school, get a good degree in culinary and opened up this place." Danni's eyes widen. "You own this place?" Ashido rubbed his head in slight embarrassment. "Yes, I know this is a bit strange for someone like me to open a restaurant, but I do feel a sense of peace now." Danni smiled. "I'm proud of you Ashido. I'm glad you could find a life outside the military. That's one of the many things that keep me up at night. I worry about the men and women who left and hope they are adapting. It brings me joy to know this." Ashido nodded. "Thank you, ma'am. Are you enjoying your meal here?" Danni crossed her arms. "Its great but you need to teach your waiters some damn manners!" Danni says snapping slightly. They glanced at Tory who gulped. "I see, forgive her ma'am. She lost her husband in January and she is trying to adapt back into this kind of job." "Okay, then I guess I can cut her some slack, however I don't like the fact that she is trying her hardest to look down at me, so me and my date will be heading to a bar." Ashido frowned. "I don't want to leave upset. If you come again your meal will be on me." Danni smiles. "Really!? That sounds great! Thank you! I would like to bring my daughters here and show them this place. I hope you take care of them as well as you do for me." Ashido smiles. "Of course. They will be treated with the up most respect here." He narrowed his eyes at Tory. "I hope you enjoy the rest of your night with your…" He looked at Shunsui. "…date…"
Danni walks up to him and gives him a brief hug. "Its great to see you again. It really is." Ashido blushes and smiles. Shunsui felt something stirring deep inside from seeing Danni hug him. Yoruichi and Kisuke chuckled at this. Danni turned back to Shunsui. "Really to go?" A smile came back to his face and nodded. "Yeah. I drove here so I'll give you a ride." He held his arm up. Danni cheeks turned red slightly and links her arms with his. They leave the restaurant. Ashido sighs and then looks at Tory. "My office, at the end of your shift." He says in a stern voice. "This table will be coming out of your check." Tory bit her lip. "Y-Yes sir…" Ashido walked off.
At Momo's the game had been finished and won by Izzy and Yoshiro. They were able to solve the clues and get the labor pass. Izzy used it on Renji and made him serve drinks to everyone for the rest of the night and fix all the plates as well be the clean-up guy. In the entertainment room, the guys were playing some pool and the girls were watching old horror movies and pointing out flaws and comparing them to new movies. They heard a door opened and Yumichika walked in with a smile on his face. "Helloooo!" Ikkaku sighs out. "Where the hell have you been!?" Yumichika pouted. "I told you that I was working! Didn't you get my texts? I have an escort club to run now." All eyes were on Ikkaku as he quickly checked his phone. "Oh…okay."
Yumichika shook his head. "Anyways! Everyone I want you to meet my star escort! Ladies don't drool to much he is quite a looker. Unless your paying keep your hands off." Oichi chuckled. "I hope you told your friend that most of our men can kill in a heartbeat." Grimmjow was already glaring at the door. Yumichika chuckled and opened the door back. "Come on in!" The watched a handsome man walk in. Oichi, Izzy, and Florina eyes widen. The man had black hair with purple streams, purple eyes, and tan skin. Jess's eyes widen because he was the spitting image of a man they knew very well. Oichi stood up quick. "Brother!?" Yumichika blinks at her. "Brother?" The young man smiled. "Hey there sis! Look at you all grown up." Ichigo frowned. "I thought you said you never meet your brother." "I haven't but, it doesn't mean I don't know what he looks like. He looks just like papa…" Grimmjow raised his eyebrow. For some reason the air got quite tense. "Sooooo… the name is Mikey. I guess if any of you know my dad then you can make the connection." Oichi walked up to him. "Where have you been all these years!?" Mikey shrugs. "I've been traveling, seeing places, wooing women left and right. Then I got bored and heard dad was back in town. Came to see if I could work with him. You seen him?" Oichi shook her head. "No, but why are you with Yumichika?"
Yumichika smiled. "He is my number one escort for my club. The ladies can't seem to keep their hands off of him." Mikey chuckled. "I do have a way with the ladies. What's for dinner I'm starving." Izzy and Florina walked up behind Oichi. "You disappear without a word and all you can say is your hungry!" Izzy snapped at him. "Grandma has been worried sick about you. You never wrote and you just up and left…the island was in a state of panic for a while." Mikey rubbed his head. "Yeah, sorry about that. I went back to the island a few months ago and got lectured at by her. She then hugged and fed me. She told me that you two came here to be with Oichi and that dad was helping you guys out." Oichi sighs. "Yeah, papa is working right now so you know how that goes I guess." "I figured." He looked at the girls and a smile came to his face. "All three of you have grown so much. I can only remember when you were just kids. You all look so beautiful! I can't believe you are my sisters!" He suddenly pulled all three of them into a hug. "Gah! Mikey! To tight!" Oichi says. Mikey chuckled and let them go. "Now, can I get some food and we can chat about what's been going on."
Out at a bar, Danni and Shunsui were laughing together as they shared a drink. "So, you really didn't know I was coming?" He asked. Danni shook her head. "No, Yoruichi just said get pretty, were going out to dinner with ugh…Kisuke…" Danni had a sour look on her face. Shunsui laughs. "I am curious why you hate him so much." Danni drowns a drink. "Ugh, he just rubs me the wrong way. Yes, at one point he saved my life but during his time in the 12th department who do you think tested all his weird inventions and suffer the back drops? I didn't even know I was testing faulty equipment! He put my life in danger several times and had the nerve to be so carefree about. 'I can only ask this of you, and I know that you will come out on top' He would always say." Danni sighed. "It's a bunch of things I don't like about the guy and the thing with Oichi is just something that is hitting home. I get that she's an adult but…" She looks down. "She's still your baby. Parents think like that. What happened to little Oichi was terrible that and the kidnapping situation, but luckily even though you weren't here she had her boyfriend and her friends to help." He motions the bartender to come over. "I'd like to buy those three bottles over there for me and my date." He placed money on the counter. The bartender nodded and gather the bottles.
"Date huh…" Danni says looking at him. "You said it first." He leans on his elbow. "Danni, I've been quite fascinated with you ever since you enter the academy. Danni chuckled. "You leech, you can't say that when you were drooling all over the girls there." Shunsui shrugs. "Well you got me there but, at the time you were already promised to another. What sort of man would I be to go after you?" Danni frowned and looked at her glass. "It was something I never wanted to be honest. Me and Dante's whole marriage was just a peace treaty between families. The goal was to produce children that had tides with both families and that was Oichi…" She takes her shot. "I hated it but how could I go against my father's wishes you know? I put up with it and eventually we did fall in love to a degree. I guess. Or maybe that was just me." She leans on the counter as Shunsui fills her glass.
"Dante used to take me on dates, shower me with gifts, we spend the night talking about our future together, make sweet love, and then hold each other until the sun rose." She frowned. "Then Oichi was born and that changed everything…He stopped caring for me and it was like our love was just a game to him and I fell for it like every other woman." She balls her fist up. "I felt like a fool for believing in his words and then he had the nerve to call me an unfit mother and took Oichi away from me!" She bangs her fist on the counter cracking it. The bartender jumped at the sight. Shunsui fills her glass again and watched her drown it. She slumps down with her cheek on the counter with a flustered face. "The bastard…I thought he could have been the one for me, but I was wrong. Even after the divorce all he left me with was pain, humiliation, and embarrassment for fall for him." Shunsui places a full shot glass in her eyesight and she drinks it.
Placing the glass down she sighs out. "I just wanted to live a peaceful life. I didn't want to be in the military. I've missed the lives of my daughters; they are no longer my cute adorable babies that need me." A tear came to the corner of her eye. "I fill unwanted and useless now." Shunsui smiles and rubs her back. "That's not true. Your daughters still need you and you have grandchildren who need your extra protection. This vacation is a perfect time for you to spend more time with them all." Danni sat up and rubbed her eye. "Yeah…" She glances over at him and frowned. "You're not drinking…" He chuckles and pours her a drink. "I have, but I think you need it more then me. You keep everything pent up inside, when was the last time someone sat down with you and just listen." Danni rubs her check with his finger. "It's been a very long time I guess, forgive me…" "Oh? For what?" "I invite you out to drink and all I've done was go on and on about my past life with another man. It's not a polite thing to do." "No need to apologize to me Danni. I don't mind it one bit. In fact, I do love seeing the soft side of you. Like your daughter, you create barriers and walls and don't let people in easily. It takes a very tough situation to make you both breaks."
He handed her another drink and watched her drink it. "As for Dante, I think you can call him a steppingstone." She turns to him. "He just made you a better woman. You now know the value of love and felt the sting of heartbreak. You made mistakes along the way, but you did your best to make up for them. Even when Oichi was taken you didn't stop fighting right?" Danni nods. "You are a fighter Danni. You have never let anything stop you from achieving what you want. In the end you got Oichi back and you have a highly decorated carrier. If you truly wanted to retire the benefits are yours and you can live a happy life in luxury." He reached over and grabbed her hand. "Would you like to know something else?" Danni, with an even more flustered face, looked at him. "Something else?" With his other hand he reached up and cupped her cheek, making her eyes. She didn't know if it was because of all shots she had but he looked he was getting closer to her. "Shunsui…?" "I have never seen you as useless or unwanted. I've always wanted you." "What do you mean by tha…" Breaking the space between planted his lips on hers gently.
The party at Momo's soon came to a close around 1 a.m. Oichi, Grimmjow and Mikey were standing in front of her car. "I can't believe you have kids now!" He says smiling. Oichi nodded. "Yes, I had them in March. They are so cute!" Mikey chuckles. "Can I see them? I mean I am their uncle after all." Grimmjow had his hands in his pockets. "I assume you will be staying." Mikey nods. "Oh yeah. I don't have a place right now. Yumichika let me stay with him for a bit for a price but it would be nice to see them and catch up on more private matters you couldn't tell me in there." Oichi grabbed his hand. "Of course, Mikey. I already let papa know you were here and wanted to see you. Until then you are welcomed into our home. Mikey nods. "Thanks sis."
Reaching the house, Oichi and Grimmjow walked inside to see the babysitter cleaning up the toys in the living room. Everyone else had come to get their kids. The twins and Grayson were laying on a play mat in the middle of the room sleeping. "Gina?" Oichi whispered. Gina nodded and grabbed her bag. Grimmjow handed her some money. "Thank you for watching them." "No problem Oichi. They were very good kids." "Have a good night." Gina waved and quickly left. Oichi walked to the living room and giggles at the sight.
Grayson was in the middle, Alisha was on one side and Naomi on the other. "So cute!" She says squealing internality. Mikey walked over. "Whoa…I thought you said you had two?" "Grayson is Grimmjow's son with Nel." "Ah, even so…they all look like him." Oichi pouted. "Don't remind me…" Grimmjow chuckled as he walked into the kitchen. "Can you help me take them to the room?" She asked. Mikey nodded. Oichi picked up Grayson and placed him in Mikey's arms. She grabbed the twins and they walked up stairs. "Gray's room is here on the second floor. The twins room are next to ours. As for you, pick a room and get some rest." She walked up stairs. Mikey walks into Grayson's room and lays him down. Luckily Grayson was already in a set of pajamas. Once he tucked him in he left the room only to run into Grimmjow.
"Sorry about that." Mikey says. He tried walking around him but was stopped. "Are you really her brother…" Grimmjow asked. Mikey gave him a confused looked. "Uh yeah…I wasn't around a lot but we are siblings by blood if you want to go there." "You just happened to be in town and come to a game night where all of us happen to be?" "I didn't know you all would be there. Yumichika hired me as an escort and then invite me to a party with him. I couldn't pass up a chance to meet some beautiful women, so I said yeah." Grimmjow narrowed his eyes at him. "Look, I don't really care if you believe me or not. Oichi is my younger sister and that's about all there is to it. Good night." He says walking by him.
Grimmjow huffed out and headed to the room. He saw Oichi coming out the twin's room with a smile on her face. "Oh, hey did you know you make cute babies." Grimmjow smirks. "I told you that before. They were going to come out like their sexy dad." Oichi giggled and walked up to him. She wrapped her arm around his waist. "Wanna practice some baby making while we have a moment to ourselves?" She was picked up and tossed over his shoulder. "You got it babe. I'll gladly plant another bun in your oven soon." He says rushing to the room.
Tory was cleaning up tables with a frowned. She was still upset that Danni had pretty much put her on the chopping board. 'That woman…commoners should know their place. If she truly knew who I was then she would be shaking in her boots!'
"Tory." Tory looked up to see Ashido. "Come with me, we need to talk about your behavior." Tory sighed. "Yes sir…" She followed him in the back to his office. He sits down at his desk and she remained standing. "Tory…I gave you this job so that you can help support your family, but it looks like its not working." Tory balled her hands up. "This can't be about that woman earlier. Ashido, I did nothing rude to her. All I did was give her my honest opinion of choices she picked. Commoners should know their place!" Ashido sighed. "Do you really think you are in a position to say that now?" Tory glares at him. "Excuse me!?" "I understand that as the widow of Barragan you could consider yourself…noble…with all the money and influence you had while he was alive. However, now that he is dead, you have gone into dept and is on the verge of losing your manor. Not only that, your children all attend fine private schools across the world. I heard that they each have their own funding thanks to his death so I doubt they would need you to care for them except your young son…" Tory bit her lip. "To be honest I do not see why you do not sell your manor so that you can have more money to provide for your last child but to each its on."
He leans back in his chair. "None the less, you need this job more then most people since I do play very well. Do you think you can afford to keep using that same statement about common folks?" "N-No…but I still have my pride to…" "Pride doesn't keep the food on your table. Money does. It doesn't provide for your child nor does it help keep your house. Because of your empty pride you might destroy the future of not only yourself but your child as well. This talk we have had plenty of times. Your attitude towards our guest is very bad and to be blunt about the seriousness of this situation I have been asked by both guest and employees to release you." Tory eyes widen. "N-No! You can't! I need this job!" "Yes, I know this which is why this is your last chance. If you can get through a dinner service without having one complaint, then I will take it under advisement. One more and you will be fired. Understand?" "I do sir…thank you…" "Good. You may leave for the night." Tory nodded and left the office.
When Tory was done with her duties, she went to the employee's room to gather her things and head home. Getting into her car she headed into the city of Hueco Mundo and passed by Aizen's building. She frowned but kept driving. Within the next 30 minutes or so she arrived at her manor. She parked the car and sat there for a moment. Normally when she pulled up a servant would be waiting to take the car and park it but since her husband's death most of those who worked for him, quit.
Sighing heavily, she got out and walked up the stairs to the door. Opening it she nearly ran into the last maid they had. "Oh Ms. Tory. I'm glad you're here." Tory frowned. "Yes, were you trying to go somewhere? Where is my son?" The maid frowned. "He is sleeping. I heard a car outside and came to see who it was but since its you I can do this now." "Do what?" The maid handed Tory a please of paper. "I quit. The last three checks you wrote me bounced. I'm sorry ma'am but I have a family to take care of." She quickly walked past Tory to leave. Tory grips the paper in her fist and slammed the door behind her. "Useless commoners!" She stormed upstairs and stopped when she came to her son's room. She opened the door to see him sitting up with a blank stare on his face. "Kendric, sweetie, what are you doing up?" Kendric looked at his mother. He was about 2 years old with black hair and eyes.
Tory had 5 children. Three boys and two girls. The two older brothers were overseas studying to be a doctor and a business. The older sister was in her last year of high school but was staying on a campus and the other daughter had cut all contact with her. She had no idea where she could be. Kendric was born merely out of desperation. After their first four children Barragan had grown distant with her. She believed he had another woman on the side. She had already grown accustom to the life and she didn't want to leave it with some new woman. One day after his meeting with Starrk she had slipped something very strong in his drink and one thing led to another and Kendric was born. With a new child on the way Barragan had this belief that all of his children needed to be more successful than everyone else including his boss. He had hope that one day one of his children would be able to gain power from Aizen and set the family back on top where it should have originally been.
That plan came to a halt the night he died. When news went out everything started to come crashing down for Tory. Her other children were well off and wanted nothing to do with her or Kendric. To make matters worse, Barragan had taken all the funds he had and placed them toward Kendric's future. She couldn't touch the money until he was 18 and to her that made him useless.
"Mama…" Tory looked at Kendric. "Story time?" He asked. Tory frowned at him. "No. Just go to be. I have work tomorrow night." She walked off and slammed the door behind her, leaving Kendric in the dark. A sad look came to his eyes and he bundle himself under his blanket.
On the morning of November 1st, Danni was sleeping soundly in a bed. She shifted her body enough to wake herself out of sleep. Yawning, she sits up to rub the sleep out of her eyes. "Oh man…my body feels so heavy." The door to her room opened and the smell of coffee hit her nose. "Mmm…I could use a cup of." She turned to the door to see Shunsui walking in with a smile. He was only wearing a pair of pajama pants. "What are you doing here!?" Danni asked jumping out of bed. Her eyes ran down his body as he walked closer. "Like what you see?" He says placing the cups down. Danni blushed. "N-No! Well…yes…but answer my question!" Shunsui sits down on the bed. "Well, after the night at the bar, I brought you back here so you can get some rest. I tried to leave but I think the alcohol kicked in at the last moment and then next thing I know, you were crying all over me asking you not to leave. Danni placed her hands on her cheeks. "No! No I couldn't have done something so…so…" "Cute? Well you did and I had no choice but to stay over." Yoruichi was kind enough to lend me some clothes and I did get the enjoyment of undressing you." Danni looked down to see she was wearing a large t-shirt. She wasn't wearing a bra but her panties were still on.
Shunsui pats the bed. "Come on and enjoy some coffee, the butler will be bringing some breakfast up for us after he is finished with Yoruichi and Kisuke. Danni sighs and gets back into bed. "I guess they had their fun huh." Shunsui past her a cup. "Yeah, I'm almost a little jealous, but at least I got to see your cute sleeping face. The way you cuddled up to me was cute as well." Danni sips on her coffee with a red face. "Last night…was it real?" "What do you mean?" "That kiss…was I just dreaming about it?" "Kiss?" Shunsui asked. Danni frowned and looked away. She felt embarrassed. "Forget I said anything…" She says. A tap was felt on her shoulder. She turned around and was welcomed to a kiss from Shunsui. She squeaked and jumped back a bit, almost spilling her coffee. Shunsui chuckled. "Just kidding." Danni pouted. "You leech." Without warning she kissed him back shocking him a bit. She pulled back. "I can do it to you know."
Shunsui took the coffee from her hand and put it down. He kissed her again bring her close. Danni hums out as he pushes her down on the bed. His hands grabbed her shirt and pulled it up over her breasts. Grabbing one he squeezed it making her gasp in the kiss. His tongue slipped in her mouth, deeping the kiss. His other hand trailed down to her panties and slipped his hands down to her opening. She placed a hand on his shoulder pushing him away slightly. "W-Wa…mmm!" He slipped two fingers inside her. "It's a little to late to be stopping me down dear. You riled me up." He kissed her neck as he pushed his fingers deep inside her. "I've been waiting for this moment for much to long to pass it up. You can hit me later, after you woke up." Danni's heart skipped a beat as he removed his fingers and her panties all together. In a swift motion he pull his harden member out above his pants and underwear. "Danni…" He positions himself and buried himself deeply inside her.
Yoruichi and Kisuke was walking to Danni's room with a tray of food. Kisuke yawns. "Do we really have to do this?" Yoruichi laughed. "Yes, we do. I didn't mean for us to be that loud. Even though I won the bet we had, you did make me work for it." Kisuke chuckled. "Yes, well I don't think I can go without sex for three whole months without putting up much of a fight. Atlas it looks like I will be doing just that." "Oh please, you will be fine. Considered it a all free fuck session when your three months are over." She says smirking at him. He smirked back at her. "Don't forget those words."
They reached Danni's door. Yoruichi was about to knock when they heard loud moans behind it. The looked at each other and then put an ear to the door with sneaky grins on their faces. They could hear the moans of Danni and Shunsui along with the sounds of skin on skin smacking. The bed was squeaking with the sounds of rough and fast movement. Yoruichi giggled. "Score." She whispered. "And here I though it would take another date or two for this to happen."
At the center, Oichi was doing some work and making orders for her shop, when her door opened. She looked up to see Jess and Ulquiorra walk in. "Hey, what are you two doing here. You on leave you know. Its about time for Nova to pop out you know" She says. "I know, I just wanted to talk to you about something." Jess says taking a seat. "Sure. What's up?" Jess put her hands together. "I was thinking…after running the superhero shop, that it would be nice to have my own shop? A family business mainly." Oichi rubs her chin. "What kind?" "A café." Oichi frowned for a moment and then shook her head. "Sorry, bad memories pop back up when a café is mention. What kind of Café were you hoping to do?" Jess hums out. "Well, just a regular maid café I suppose." Ulquiorra sighs. "I kept telling you that a maid café will not be enough." Jess pouted. "You don't know that…" Oichi smiles. "Um…well he is actually right sis." "What do you mean?" "The company has already had their bad share of café's, not just mine. That's why they did this superhero shop to test it out." Jess crossed her arms. "Okay…so what can we do?" Oichi tapped her chin. "How about you do an art café?" "A what?"
Oichi smiled. "An art café." She grabbed her tablet and searched something up. "I believe someone tried to do it a while back, but they didn't have the funds to do it. An art café can strive to help with cultivating the mind, body, and soul with a focus on a health- conscious menu from herbal teas and stuff like that." "Herbal tea?" "You can add you own twist to it but it can be right up your alley." Jess frowned. "I don't know Oichi. I'd rather have a normal café." "Don't make her job more difficult." Ulquiorra says crossing his arms. "This idea isn't just for her to decided, she has to take it to the board meeting and get it pass her boss. She can't go in there with some half-cocked idea and expect them to just say yes because she is a good worker. If we need to find something else that what we need to do." Ulquiorra says in a flat tone. Even though it didn't seem like he was snapping at her, Jess started to tear up. "I just want us to have something nice to start together. A café would have been a lovely idea…you didn't have to bite my head off!" She snaps at him in tears. She got up and walked out the office.
Oichi sighs. "Oh boy…" Ulquiorra gets up. "Um maybe I should go get her…here you look through these and come up with something that will make her happy." Oichi says pushing the tablet into his hands. She rushed out the office and closed the door behind her. "Now where did she run off to…"
In a hurry Jess was already outside the building and storming down to a newly grocery store to get something to eat. "Stupid Ulquiorra, would it kill him to agree with me on this." She bit her lip as she reached the store. Walking in she frowned even more when she saw Renji. "Great…" She mumbled to herself. She spotted some pickles and made a B line for them. Renji turned his head and saw her and walked over to her. "Jess? What are you doing here? Aren't you on leave?" "Yes, I was here talking to Oichi about something." She says grabbing two jars of pickles. "I see, do you need some help?" "No, I am fine." She says walking past him. "You sound like you're in a bad mood." "Don't you have work to do? Please leave me alone so I can think."
Renji put his hands in his pockets. "I would, but I can't leave you alone now. If you're here that means Ulquiorra is here and he can't find you." "So what…" "If he leaves to come find you he would get lost here and might start trouble. I don't think you want that." Jess let out a very loud and heavy sigh. "Fine Renji…" Jess paid for her pickles and left the store with Renji behind her. She sat down on a bench and opened the jar. Renji watched as she crunched down on a pickle with a pouty face. He had to hold back a chuckle. 'When she's not being a demon Queen, she can have a cute side.'
Suddenly he was smacked on the head so hard that he fell off the bench and on to the pavement. A few ladies walking by giggled at him. Renji rubbed his head and glared at Jess. "What the hell was that for!" "It was for whatever rude thing you were thinking about." Jess says. Renji groans. 'Scratch that cute part. She is a demon Queen…more like a she devil maybe…' He sits back on the bench. "What got you so huffed up for." Jess didn't answer. "Come on, I know you don't like me but, since your hear you must have wanted to do something and Oichi said no?"
"It's not like that…" Jess looks down at her jars. "I wanted to open a café okay." Renji shivered. "You do know that this company isn't good with cafés right?" "I know that!" She yells snapping at him. He jumped slightly. "Oichi was looking up different types of things I could do and she came up with some kind of art café. I express that I really wanted just a regular café but then Ulquiorra just…shot me down…I know Oichi has to get her work through the boss and I know that I'm just putting more stress on her but…he didn't have to snap." She says as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Renji panicked slightly. "Okay, okay don't cry. Sheesh…how can you even tell he snapped at you. The guy shows no emotions." "We you are around a person for a while you just know these things. His tone was flat, but I can tell he was already annoyed with just being here…probably…" "Or…maybe those raging female hormones of yours got the best of you today?" Renji says. Jess frowned. Renji rubbed his head and took a handkerchief and handed it to her. She took and dried her eyes. "Listen, the company would need something super creative to pass another café. The superhero shop was the best they had and because Oichi is managing it, its has become a success. The first thing you need to decided is what can you bring to the table."
Jess sniffed as she thought to herself. "I'm a master in martial arts." "Okay but your trying to open a café not a dojo. Besides we have plenty around here already. What else." "…dancing? Singing?" "Not creative enough. Didn't you say Oichi pulled out an art café?" She nodded. "Aren't you good in that area?" Jess rubbed her arm. "Y-Yeah but what can I do for café that requires art." "Art classes, pottery classes, anything artistic you can come up with. Spilt the café thing down the middle. One part can just be the café where they eat and drink and blah blah blah but the other half can be where you hold classes and it doesn't have to be you teaching." Jess looked at him. "Okay for example, Ichigo is good crafting wood items and stuff. You can pay him to come teach a class for crafting. Oichi is good at Crocheting so you can get her to teach a class of some sort." Jess eyes widen as her mind got clear. "Yeah. Wow! That could really work! Right?" Renji nodded. "Its creative enough to work and give you a trail run at least and with Oichi backing you it should work." Jess smiled. "Yeah! I need to go back and talk to her." She gets up and rushes off. Renji sighs. "Your welcome…" He rolls his eyes.
On her way back to the building Jess ran right into Oichi. "Oichi!" "Jess? You went to the store to get pickles?" "Your idea about the art café? Can we still talk about it?" "Uh sure." Oichi took the other jar of pickles. "Come on you pickle monster. I left your man upstairs unsupervised." Jess giggled at her as they walked back to her office.
At Oichi's house, Mikey was looking after the girls until Oichi and Grimmjow got home. He was in their room changing Naomi who was giggling. "Such a carefree happy baby." Alisha was in her crib standing up, holding to the bars. She was looking at Mikey with sparkling eyes. "Ahhh!" She says bouncing a bit. Mikey looks at her with a smile. "Well that's surprising. Your mama told me that you aren't normally this loud. You like your uncle Mikey?" He finished with Naomi and put her in a light blue one piece with a teddy bear face on it. Above it was her name. Alisha had a similar one on with her name on it.
He picked both girls up and they smiled brightly in delight and cuddled up to him. He chuckled and walked downstairs. "You both are so cute. I wish all the women cling to me so adorably like this." Reaching downstairs, he was about to put the twins in their bounces when he heard the door unlock. "How about you shut the hell up!" Mikey and the girls jumped at the loud voice. Apacci stormed in. "Because of your fat ass we lost another damn job!" "Oh please if anyone is at fault it is you!" Rose walked in with a frown. "Will you both please calm down. There is no need for you two to yell, that's how you get wrinkles." Sung says walking by them. "What was that!?" Both Rose and Apacci yelled.
Alisha tears up and starts crying while Naomi laughed and clapped her hands. The girls looked to see Mikey and glared at him. "Who the hell are you!" They yelled. "Uh isn't that my question?" Apacci jumped over the couch and threw a kick at Mikey's head. He ducked down and watched her crash into the couch. "Isn't that dangerous? You can harm the twins you know. Then Oichi would be pissed at both of us." "Unhand the girls and maybe you can leave here alive." Rose says. Sung narrowed her eyes. "Who are you. Did Aizen send you for madam Harribel." Apacci growls. "We would rather die then give her up!" Mikey bounces Alisha. "There, there don't cry. The mean ladies aren't that scary." He puts Naomi in her bouncer since she was clearly not affected by the chaos that was going on.
Mikey smiled at the women. "Now, if I ask you to leave will you do so kindly." Apacci's eyes twitched. "You bastard, that's our line!" She jumped off the couch and tried to grab Alisha away from him. Mikey narrowed his eyes and kicked her in the gut. She gasps out as she was knocked back into the wall. She fell to the floor out cold. Mikey sighs. "I hate getting rough with ladies but you three are becoming a pain and I don't need my nieces put in danger." Sung and Rose got ready to attack him. "You are going to pay."
He rolled his eyes as he ran his hand through his hair. "You got a lot of nerve to even trying to attack me while holding a baby. I take it back, you ladies are nothing but beast in human skins. Anyone who is a treat to my family deserves death." His eyes went into a icy cold glare. The women froze in place, breaking out into a sweat. 'What kind of glaze…' Rose says shivering 'I…I can't move my body…' Sung says shaking. "This is the last time I'm going to say it. Get your friend and get the hell out of this house…" The women gulp.
"I think that is quite enough." Mikey's eyes went back to normal as Harribel walked out behind the girls. Rose and Sung fell to the floor panting heavily. "Madam…Harribel…" Harribel walked passed them and walked up to Mikey. "Who are you and why are you in this house." "I'm Mikey Yamamoto. Oichi's older brother… who are you and why are you in my sister's house." He looked her up and down. "I am Harribel, Oichi is a friend of mine. She allowed us to stay here until we got back up on our feet." Mikey raised his eyebrow. "Is that so…" Alisha sniffed and rubbed her eye. She saw Harribel and reached for her, crying all over again. A smile came to Harribel's face. Mikey handed Alisha to her and watch her calm down. "Hmm…well if she is like that with you I guess you aren't lying, sorry for getting rough with your friends. They started it. I didn't want to get rough in front of the girls." He points down to Naomi who was looking up at them. "Mainly in front of her. I think she got a dark side from her dad." Harribel sighs. "Yes, Oichi doesn't like for conflict to happen in front of them and I understand the situation clearly. If you wish I can call Oichi and get conformation from her." Mikey drops down to Naomi and rubs her head. "Na, it's fine. I'm going to go fix that wall before she comes home. Maybe we all can avoid her anger when she gets home." He smiles up to Harribel. "Nice to meet ya. I hope we can get along very well." Harribel nodded and walked away with Alisha to the kitchen. Mikey chuckles. 'Strange, normally my flashy smile gets the women all flustered up. This might be fun.'
Orhime, Rukia, and Tatsuki were having a Mother's Day out with Kazui, Ichika, and Noah. They were currently at the park watching the kids play in the sandbox. "They all are getting so big." Orihime says smiling. Rukia nodded. "Yes, they are. I know they all will be good friends." Tatsuki nodded in agreement. "How are the wedding plans coming along?" "Well actually. We are going to look at the venue were the wedding ceremony will be and Oichi already has three dresses she wants me to see." "Your bride's maids?" Rukia asked. "Oh well my maid of honor will be Tatsuki." Rukia frowned but quickly covered up with a smile. "Then, Oichi, Jess, Rangiku, and Momo." The frowned reappeared on Rukia's face. "Oh…okay. Well I'm sure it will be a lovely wedding." Orihime nods. "Yeah, Ichigo picked Chad for his best man then Uryu, Keigo, Mizuiro, I think Grimmjow but I'm not sure…yet. He might say no." Rukia puts on a smiled, trying to hide the hurt of not being in her wedding. "And the colors?" "Coral!" Kazui seems to really like that color so we decided to make it that."
Tatsuki chuckled. "The wedding is supposed to be for you and Ichigo. Pick colors you like." "I know but you should have seen him when I pulled out coral colored dress. His eyes lit up! It was so adorable!" Orihime says giggling. "Wait what day are you having it? If your having Jess in it that might be a little stretch don't you think? She is due soon right?" Orihime crossed her arms. "Yeah…the wedding is on the 10th …hmm…If she isn't up to it, I'll have to find a replacement if she can't make it. I totally forgot about that." "What about me? I don't mind taking her spot." Rukia says with a hopeful smile. Orihime smiles at her. "I know Rukia and I'm sorry but…Ichigo thought it would be best if…you nor Renji did not attend our wedding…with everything that has happened we thought it would best to be…drama free." Rukia looks down. "Drama free…"
Tatsuki sighs. "Yes, Drama Rukia. Don't think all has been forgiven and forgotten for what you did to Ichigo. We sugarcoat it so that the kids don't get involved. I think it's a right choice to be honest. Rukia balled her fist up. "No, I think it's a petty idea." Tatsuki narrowed her eyes at her. "What was that?" "I have apologized over and over again to both Oichi and Ichigo and they have forgiven us. They made it clear that we had to earn their trust back. I understand that but to not be in my best friend wedding is…" "Best friend? Oh, please Rukia! That act is already old and boring. What you did was unforgiveable in my book. If you were my best friend, I would have dropped you like a hot sack of potatoes! It doesn't matter if YOU think its petty, what matters is that Orhime and Ichigo enjoy their special day without drama that you and Renji caused!"
Rukia stood up. "I had nothing to do with what Renji did! I told him that he should have left Oichi! I don't know why he stayed and at this point I don't care! Me and Renji are together and married! We have a child now and we are very happy! I'm sorry that we had to hurt both Ichigo and Oichi but look what happened. They both found someone else to love them for them. Ichigo got Orihime and Oichi has Grimmjow and children on her own so if anything shouldn't that mean we helped them?" Tatsuki's eyes widen and she stood up quick. Orihime gasps as she got up and grabbed her arms just as she made a swing for Rukia. Rukia tripped backwards and fell on the ground.
"Helped who!? You used Oichi for your own games! Stole not only her home and man but her money as well. Do you have any idea what you put Oichi though! Do you know that Ichigo came to Orihime crying…CRYING! Because he was so damn heartbroken! He planned a future with you Rukia! He started to jobs while he was in high school to one day provide for you, and what did you do!? What did you do Rukia!? You spit it back in his face! I will NEVER forgive you for hurting Ichigo you hear me!" Rukia bit her lip and held her head down. "Tatsuki that's enough please!" Orihime says as the kids came running over to him.
"Mama!" Ichika yelled. She ran to Rukia and clinged to her arm. "I'm okay sweetie. I just feel." She rubs Ichika on her head. Noah hugged on Tatsuki's leg tearing up. Tatsuki sighs and picks him up. Kazui stood by Orihimes side watching everything that was going on. "Maybe we should cancel this date for today…" Tatsuki says. "I'm sorry for losing my temper but everyone has been on eggshells. They want to sweep this under the rug and pretend nothing happened but I'm not that type of person. You betrayed Ichigo and it's…it's something I just can't forgive." She puts Noah in his stroller, grabbed his baby bag and walked off.
Orihime sighs and helps Rukia up. "Sorry about that Rukia." "It's fine Orihime. I know that some people will never forgive me. It's only natural. I said something unbelievable as well. That was nothing to take credit for. I did hurt Oichi and Ichigo. I should have done better and stood up to my brother at the time. If I would have forced Renji to break up with Oichi then and there then me might not be in this spot or better yet, I shouldn't have pushed him to date her." Rukia sighs and then smiles. "This is just a stain on my record, I guess. I know you are upset with me to Orihime. I don't deserve to be in your wedding." Orihime placed a hand on her shoulder. "Rukia, yes I was upset, since I was the one who found this out…My heart was crushed when I found you and Renji together but to be honest another side of me was happy." "Happy?" Orihime placed a hand on her chest. "Yes, I felt happy because now I had a chance with Ichigo. I thought that if he had you and as long as he was happy, I would be okay but deep, deep inside my heart I was suffering. I've wanted to be the one to walk beside Ichigo and to be the shoulder to lean on when he was upset. In a way I have always been jealous of you Rukia. Up until the time we started dating he had always showed me only his strong side, never his valuable side like he did with you. I want that. So badly."
"Orihime…" Rukia felt a heavy weight on her heart. "I do not approve of what you did Rukia but, now I finally have Ichigo and my own dream is coming true." She picked up Kazui. "Even though you are not a bridesmaid you are still welcome to come to the wedding. I still see you as a friend and I also forgive you like Ichigo and Oichi has." She puts Kazui in his stroller and grabbed his bag. "I guess it might just be me and you on these little play dates until Tatsuki calms back down. Good bye Rukia. Get home safe." Orihime says walking off. Rukia gets off the ground and brushed herself off. "Mama…" Ichika says with a frown. "I'm okay, come on, lets go get started on making daddy some dinner." "Eat eat!?" Ichika says with sparking eyes. Rukia chuckled. "Yes hunny." She picked her up and put her in the stroller. "Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat!" Ichika says clapping her hands. Rukia smiled, grabbing her bag and walked off.
The day went by quickly for most. Over at Yoruichi's, Danni was just waking up. She yawns and tries turning over, but her body was sore, and her legs were numb. "What the hell…" She mumbled. She felt an arm wrap around her and pull her close to a hot body. "I see your finally back up." Danni shivered at the whispers in her ear. "Shunsui…" He turned her around and kissed her deeply. Danni moans out. He pulled back and licked his lip. "Did I over tax your body?" "A little." She says with a giggle. "I don't mind it though. I enjoyed every bit of it." Shunsui kissed her again and pulled back. "I can't get enough of those sexy lips of yours." Rolling her eyes, Danni sat up. "What time is it? How long have I been sleep and I need some food before we can hit the next round unless you are out of stamina." She was about to get out of bed when there was a knock at the door. "Uh…come in?"
The door burst open and Yoruichi came in with a butler and a tray of food. "Danni! How was your little love feast! Was it good? It was! You were moaning all through out the day." Danni sighs. "Well consider it pay back for the noise you and Kisuke made last night." Shunsui lays on his back with the blanket just over his private area. "You brought food?" He asked. Yoruichi nods. "Yup, I figured one or both of you couldn't move after all the love making you did so I made you guys dinner. Then you can go back to making sweet music." "Thanks and get out Yoruichi."
Yoruichi stuck her tongue out. "I look forward to all the juicy details and you know me, I'll do the same." She says laughing and walking out the room. The butler pushes the tray to the edge of the bed and bows before leaving, shutting the door behind him. Danni crawls over the bed and lifts up a tray. "Oooo she made me a sea food salad with extra shrimp!" She quickly made a plate and started to eat. "Mmm that woman loves me!" Shunsui sits up. His eyes traveled up Danni's naked body while she ate. His hand touched her leg and trailed up to her thigh then her butt. "Hey, let me eat okay? You gave me such pleasure so now its my turn to return the favor." He lifts his eyebrow. "Return the favor?" Danni turned around with a lusty look on her face. It sent a chill up his spine and back down to his friend that got hard quickly. "Yes, return the favor. Don't worry, I'll make you feel really good okay." Shunsui gulps and nods. "I…can't wait…" He lays back down with his friend standing up under the blanket. 'Oh man….did I unleash something I shouldn't have?' He said to himself.
On night of December 4th, Jess was lying in bed sleeping. Ulquiorra was at a desk doing some work for the up and coming school. They had started construction on it, and it was going well. He was making sure that the company was sending them enough money for the supplies they were using. He also made sure that Grimmjow was short staffed in this and had other construction companies helping. There wasn't an estimate date on when the school would be finished but it was good to get started on it. As for Jess's dream shop, Oichi was still talking to the head boss about it. She had told him that he seems intrigued by the idea and would let her know the final decision in on the second of January.
While he worked, Jess's eyes opened, and she sat up slightly. She looked down at her belly, feeling a wet spot in the bed. She blushed. 'I didn't use the bathroom on myself…right…' She then gasps as the spot got bigger, getting Ulquiorra's attention. She looked at Ulquiorra and smiled. "I think my water broke! Nova is coming! Our baby girl!" Ulquiorra eyes widen for a bit. He saved his work and got up. He quickly went to the closet and got her over night bag. Jess giggled as she got up. Ulquiorra went to the bed and helped her up. "I need to call Oichi and Uryu!" "Never mind that, I'll do it. Let's get to the car." Ulquiorra says.
At Oichi's she was sleeping on Grimmjow's chest with messy hair and hickys and bite marks all over his neck and shoulders. Grimmjow had her tablet and was going over the blueprints for the school. He was eager to see how this school project would work out. Oichi's phone rings but it was on the other side of the bed. He ignored it. It rung three times before it stopped. His phone then rings. He sighs and picks it up. "What?" "Jess has gone into labor. Bring Oichi to the hospital. Do not make me come and drag you both here myself." The line hangs up. Grimmjow frowned. "Ughhh…great timing. I can tell this kid is going to be like her 100%." He shook Oichi who mumbled something in her sleep. "Babe. Babe! We need to go to the hospital." Oichi groans. "Noooo….i wanna sleep…" Grimmjow chuckled. "I know but Jess went into labor. I don't think you want to miss that." Her head pops up. "Say what?" She blinks twice. "Jess. Labor. Hospital. Now." Grimmjow says slowly.
Oichi eyes widen. "WHAT!? NOW!?" She hopped up and gets off Grimmjow but ended up falling off the bed in general. Grimmjow laughed. "Legs still numb?" "Shut up and help me!" Oichi snapped at him. She paused when a sickly feeling came over her, but she ignored it and glared at Grimmjow. "If I miss my nieces' birth, I will not have sex with you for the rest of the year!" "Okay, okay Ms. Grumpy. Not like that threat will work since you can't keep your hands off me and its already at the end of year…" Grimmjow says getting up.
At the hospital, Jess was in the private wing waiting for Uryu to come. She was felling her contractions. "Where is he...!" She says breathing in and out. Ulquiorra held her hand. "He will be here soon." "Soon isn't quick enough. He needs to be here now!" Jess snapped at him. "He will be here soon…" Ulquiorra says again. Jess squeezed his hand. "Ulquiorra sweetie. Don't make me knock you though the wall okay?" Ulquiorra sighs. Uryu and a nurse walked in. "Jess, sorry we are late. Now let's get to work on delivering this baby." "Where is Oichi? She better not miss her niece's birth!" She says with a low growl. "I'm sure she is on her way." Uryu says prepping her up. "Nurse I'm going to need some more supplies, run and get them." The nurse nodded and rushed out the room.
She headed towards the supply office when someone grabbed her by her mouth. Her eyes widen as she struggled against the person until she was pulled into an empty room. The door slowly closed and locked, just as a few doctors walked by.
In the waiting room, Ichigo and Orihime were already there with a sleeping Kazui. They were closest to the hospital. Ichigo yawns. "What time is it?" Orihime looked at her phone. "It's almost midnight." "This kid sure got some timing…" Nel walked in with a sigh rubbing her belly. Beside her was Grayson. Ichigo frowned and got up. "Why are you coming by yourself?" Ichigo asked helping her sit down. "He is working…I'm not trying to drag him down here for this. I'm fine on my own." Grayson, holding his blue beetle plushies climbed on to the chair and yawned. "I help mama." He says yawning again. Ichigo smiles and rubs his head. "I know you did." "This kid got some timing…right near midnight to." Nel says rubbing her belly. "Are you excited to learn the gender?" "Yeah. I hope it's a girl. Grayson has me all worn out. I need some little ladies running around to." Ichigo sits back down and looks at his watch. "Where is Oichi? Jess is going to be pissed that she isn't here."
Moments later. Oichi came rushing in with Grimmjow behind her. "I didn't miss it right!?" Ichigo shook his head. "No, she's in the back but Ulquiorra doesn't want anyone back there with them. "What!?" Oichi says frowning. "The nerve of that man trying to keep me from seeing my niece! I'll kill him!" Grimmjow chuckled and looked to see a nurse walking by. She was carrying supplies. "Hey, tell Doctor Uryu that his patient's sister is here." The nurse looked at him, nodded and rushed off.
Jess was huffing and puffing as she pushed. "I want Oichi in here!" She yelled, squeezing Ulquiorra's hand. "Jess focus on pushing okay?" Uryu says. The door open and the nurse poked her head in. "She is here doctor and I have your supplies." "Bring her in here now." Uryu says. The nurse nodded and left. Within seconds Oichi came busting through the door. "Jess! I'm here!" She yells rushing to her other side. "Oichi…sis you made it." Oichi smiled holding her hand. "I did! I wouldn't miss this for the world now come on! Bring little Nova into the world!"
Hours passed into the early morning of the 5th. The only ones that were still up were Grimmjow and Ichigo. Florina and Izzy were there with Hisagi. Florina was leaning on Hisagi sleep and Izzy was laying on Grimmjow's lap. Orihime and Nel were leaning on each other with Grayson and Kazui on their lap. "Jeez…this is taking a long time…" Grimmjow says. "I'm worried." Ichigo says. "Bah…she will be okay." Grimmjow says. Ichigo looked at him. "Yeah…by the way Grimmjow. I want you to be a groomsman in my wedding." "No." Grimmjow says. "Why?" "I'm not getting involved with anyone else's wedding by my own. So, don't ask me again." Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Even if I were to say you would be walking with Oichi." Grimmjow rubbed his chin. "Hmm…I'll think about it…maybe…" Ichigo chuckled.
Back in the room, Jess was covered in sweat and drained of energy. Uryu was frowning at the amount of blood he was seeing. "One more Jess. One more and she is out." Oichi rubbed Jess's head. "Come on sissy. You are almost done." "Jess…one more push." Ulquiorra says. Jess squeezed both of their hands very hard. Oichi held in her gasp as she felt something snap in her hand. Ulquiorra's hand did the same as Jess gave one last push. They soon heard crying. Oichi and Ulquiorra saw Uryu hold up Nova. He cut the cord and handed her to the nurse to clean. "Good job sis." Oichi says smiling. Jess smiled. "I…want to…hold her…" Jess's eyes closed and the machines around her started to beep rapidly. Oichi started to panic. "Jess!? What's happening!?" "Nurse take Oichi and Ulquiorra to the other room to get their hand looked at." Ulquiorra felt something in his chest snapping. "What is going on." "She lost a lot of blood and it won't stop; I need you both to leave now." "What?!" "Now Oichi!" Uryu says. Oichi frowned and left with the nurse. Ulquiorra didn't want to let her hand go. "Trust me Ulquiorra. She will be okay, but I need to work." Ulquiorra let her hand go and walked up to him. "If she don't make it, I'll paint this room in your blood…" He said coldly and walked out.
15 minutes later, Oichi walked into the waiting room with a gloomy face and her hand wrapped up. "Oichi? What happened?" Ichigo asked. Oichi looked at him and then at Grimmjow and broke into tears. Grimmjow got up, waking up Izzy. "What happened!?" Grimmjow asked. "J-Jess, she lost a lot of blood giving birth to Nova. Uryu is working on her now but….but…" Grimmjow pulls her into a hug. Orihime and Nel woke up. "What's going on?" They saw Oichi crying into Grimmjow's chest and they started to panic. "Jess and the baby!? What happened!?" They yelled waking everyone else up. Ichigo told them what Oichi said causing more panic.
In another room, Ulquiorra was sitting by himself looking down. His hand was bandage up. A nurse walked in with a pink blanket. "Sir…your daughter?" Ulquiorra looked up and watched the nurse walk to him. She handed him the blanket and walked off. Ulquiorra looked down and saw Nova. She had burgundy red hair and green eyes. She was the spitting image of Jess. She looked at him and a smile came to her face. Ulquiorra's body tensed up. He started to think about if Jess didn't make it. How would he raise Nova by himself? What if he failed as a father? A life without Jess… Ulquiorra's eyes widen and for the first time in his life, he was over come with fear and sadness. He felt something coming to the corner of his eyes. Nova's eyes widen as a tear drop hit her cheek.
Another tense and frighten hour passed before a nurse came and got him.
Oichi was holding Grimmjow's hand with a worried look on her face. "Please be okay…" She says whispering. Ulquiorra walked in carrying Nova. Oichi got up and rushed to him. "Ulquiorra!? How is she!?" Ulquiorra was silent and pushed Nova into her arms. Oichi looked down to see Nova sleeping. "W-Whoa…a mini Jess…so cute!" She looked up at Ulquiorra. "And Jess?" Ulquiorra said nothing until he bends down and places his forehead on her shoulder shocking her. "Ulquiorra!?" Grimmjow and the others got up waiting for his words. Oichi felt him shake. "…She's okay…" He said mumbling. Oichi felt tears come back to her eyes. Cradling Nova in one arm she reached up and rubbed Ulquiorra's head. "Thank Goodness…" She says loud enough for everyone else to hear. Ichigo falls back into his seat with a breath of relief. Grimmjow ran his hand through his hair. "Damn that woman putting us into a heart attack situation." He smiles. 'I don't think Oichi could bare it if something happened to you. In a way I feel the same I guess…'
In the room Jess was in, the same nurse who had brought the supplies walked in and closed the door. She smirked as she walked up to Jess. Taking out a needle she grabbed Jess's arm and stuck it in, taking her blood. "This should be enough." She put the needle in a black box and cleaned her arm. She then left the room with a sly look on her face.
Two days later, Jess eyes fluttered opened. Her body felt weak. Looking around she saw she was in a hospital room. Her eyes then looked to the right to see a bassinet. Her heart skipped a beat. 'Novala… my little Nova…' She tried to reach out until someone took her hand. She looked to see Ulquiorra. "Ulquiorra?" She felt him tighten his hand around hers. He bends down and kisses her. He pulls back placing his forehead on hers. "Jess…I love you." Jess smiles. "I love you to. Nova? Is she okay? Can I hold her?" Ulquiorra nodded and adjusted the bed to where she was sitting up. "How are you feeling?" "Tired…what happened?" Ulquiorra walked over to the bassinet. "You lost a lot of blood and passed out. You have been asleep for two days. Everyone has been worried, Oichi has been crying her eyes out…" Jess frowned. "Oh…" Ulquiorra picked Nova up and handed her to Jess.
Jess smiled brightly at her. "So cute! She has our eyes! Isn't she just perfect!" Ulquiorra watched Jess closely. "You both are perfect." She looked at him and smiled. Ulquiorra sat on the bed and grabbed her hand. "Jess…I want you to know how I really feel about you." "You do?" Jess asked. "I feel as my life is becoming complete now that you are with me. For most of my life I didn't think something like this could ever happen to me. My parents didn't want me and the only one to share any kindness to me…I was to scare to claim her as my own…I felt like I was washing away with the flow of time." He rubbed the back of her hand. "Then you came. At first I saw you as a mean to get closer to Oichi but the more time we spent together the more I started to realize that you were becoming close to me inside my heart." Jess felt her heart starting to beat fast. "I know that we haven't been together for a long time, but you were the one who showed me true love. Even after you found out about me you still choice to remain by my side. You saved me from the enteral loneliness and darkness that I had accepted. For that I say thank you." Jess smiled. "Oh Ulquiorra. I would never leave you like that. I know what its like to feel that way. To be torment by something you couldn't have control over. I love you and I will always love you from the bottom of my heart. Nova to. She will love her father. We will make sure that you never feel lonely every again okay?"
Ulquiorra turned to her and Nova. "Yes, after that night, when I felt like you weren't going to make it, I felt my heart crumbling." He squeezed her hand. "I didn't want to lose you and I realize that I wanted nothing more then to have a life with you. I grew…scared…that if you were lost to me, how would I raise Nova by myself. How could I raise her without you." Jess looked a bit shocked, listening to this. Ulquiorra was never this talkative and to even talk about his feelings was something rare.
"I realize after this that I want you to remain at my side forever…that is why…" He held up a box. Jess's eyes widen as he opened it. She gasps as she saw a vintage sterling silver rose ring. "Wha…What is…" "Jessica Mikcloud…will you marry me?" Tears ran down Jess's cheeks as his worlds hit home. "Oh my…Yes! Yes, I will marry you!" She says in an excited voice. Nova jumped a bit in her arms. Ulquiorra put the ring on Jess's finger and they shared a kissed. "You do not mind if we are moving fast?" "I don't. I told you that I love you with all my heart. Married or not it will never ever change. I promise you." A rare smile came to Ulquiorra's face making Jess's heart do multiple flips. He kissed her again until Nova started to fuss. They broke the kiss and looked down at her. "She's so beautiful." Jess says rocking her. "You both are." Ulquiorra says kissing her forehead.
Christmas eve hit the town soon. It was a snowy day. At Oichi's, they were having a Christmas eve party. They were outside watching the kids play in the snow. Oichi was wearing a handmade green and red sweater dress and black leggings and snow boats. The cold never really affected her, but it didn't stop her body from getting sick. She was outside for a moment to take pictures of all the kids. Grimmjow had the twins all bundle up in clothes. He made them a snowball and chuckled as they started to hit it over and over. Nel couldn't make it but she dropped Grayson off. Ichigo and the others were having a mini snowball fight and Oichi snapped some pictures of the kids building a snowman with Chad. Grimmjow noticed her. "Go back inside the house before you get sick!" Oichi pouted. "I need pictures so shut up and look cute!" She snapped at him. Grimmjow chuckled. "Your so sexy when you snap at me. You know, that right?" Oichi ignored him and snapped more pictures.
When she got what she needed she went back inside to watch the food. Inside, Jess was holding Nova who was sleeping. She had been released from the hospital about a week ago. Oichi walked in and sighed. "Stupid Grimmjow." Jess chuckled. "He made you come back in." "Yeah…" Oichi says grabbing two cups of hot coca that she made minutes earlier. She took them to the table and sat one in front of Jess. "So how are you feeling?" Oichi says going to the fridge. "I'm good. Stiff but good." Oichi grabbed a jar of pickles and walked back to her sitting down. Jess raised her eyebrow. "So Ulquiorra proposing…lucky you." Oichi says a bit down while opening the jar. "I'm sure Grimmjow will pop the question soon." Jess says.
"I know…one day…but watching everyone get married and me making dresses it makes one crave that special moment to you know." Jess smiled. "No need to rush it sis. I'm sure Grimmjow is coming up with some weird plan. It will happen when it happens." Oichi sighs as she ate a pickle. "Your right I guess…Where is your fiancé now?" "Work, I guess. He said something about catching up with some extra work. He was taking care of me when I got out the hospital and all. He has become much more…gentle now. At least around us." "Yeah, and how is life adjusting to little Nova? Did you tell your uncle?" "I sent him a picture and everything. The first thing he asked was who was the father." Jess rolled her eyes. "Typical." Oichi chuckled. "Yeah true." She gobbles down more pickles.
"Um Oichi…are you feeling okay?" "Eh? I'm fine! I'm more worried about you. I don't want you to push yourself if you don't have to." Jess chuckled. "I'm fine, promise but back to you…that is your third jar of pickles you know, that right? I didn't mind the first or second one since you love pickles so much but…." Jess's eyes went down to Oichi's stomach. Oichi hums out and blush. "We have been doing it a lot lately…but I haven't missed my period and I'm not feeling sick at all." "You pasted out the last time you ignored the feeling. I think you should go check. For peace and mind." Oichi sighs and gets up. "Fine. I'll be back." Jess gets up. "Oh no, I'm coming with you."
They walked upstairs to her room. Oichi grabbed some test out of her bathroom cabinet and closed the door. Jess was sitting on the bed waiting when Grimmjow walked in. "Hey, you seen Oichi?" "Bathroom." Grimmjow walked to the bathroom and turned the knob but it was locked. "Babe!? You in there?" "Yes, hun." "Open the damn door! You know I hate that!" "Well tough shit, I'm busy! Did you need something?" Jess shook her head. 'His bad habits are rubbing off on her.' "Yeah, the kids are coming back in and are ready to eat. Mainly the twins." "Okay…I'll be out in a second." Grimmjow turns the knob more. "Why are you locked in the bathroom? You okay in there?" "You sure are asking a lot of questions. Go feed the ba…" Oichi stopped talking. "Babe…? Oichi!?" Grimmjow says knocking on the door. Jess frowned. "Oichi?"
"Hey what's going on in there! Open the door!?" Grimmjow says banging on the door. "Oichi if you don't answer me then I'm going to break this damn door down!" Grimmjow yells. They waited and heard a click from the door being unlocked. The door opened and Oichi had tears running down her cheeks. "Babe? What's…" Oichi jumped on him and kissed him. Grimmjow stumbled back and fell to the floor with her on top. Jess chuckled at the sight. Oichi sat up on Grimmjow's lap with a bright smile. He rubbed his head. "Okay…what the hell was that about?" Oichi held up a pregnancy test. "We're having another baby!" She yells in excitement. Grimmjow stares at the test and his eyes widen. "Seriously!?" He sat up and grabbed the test. Oichi nods. "Another baby Grimmjow!" A wide smile came to his face and he kissed Oichi. They bumped heads. "Another kid. I was getting worried for a second. All the time we spent and nothing happened. I'd hate to learn that I'm shooting blanks." Oichi giggled. Grimmjow looked at Jess. "You. Take your clone and get out." Jess pouted. "I will not. You two can't have a love session right now. You are hosting a Christmas party with guest. Do it later." "Shut the hell up and get out so I can make love to my woman!" Nova frowns and starts to fuss.
Jess bounces her. "Don't yell in front of her idiot. Oichi talk some sense into your man." Oichi sighs. "Hunny, as much as I wanna have a love session she is right. For now, let's keep this on the down low and finish the party as soon as we can. Once the kids are asleep then I am all yours okay?" She kissed his cheek. Grimmjow sighs out. "Fine…but don't think I won't be touching you whenever I get the chance." He then rubbed her belly. "I finally got a bun in the oven huh." Oichi giggled. "Did you know that you have extreme baby fever." Jess got up. "I agree. The twins aren't even one yet and you already wanted more kids." Grimmjow and Oichi get up. "Whatever, your just mad because you got one kid. I'm sure your future husband will give you more one day." He says grabbing Oichi's hand. "Let's get this party over with so I can claim you." He says pulling Oichi out the room. Jess sighs and follows them, looking down at Nova. "Your God parents are still a couple of horn balls…"